Luise Elisabeth of Courland
Luise Elisabeth von Kurland (born August 12, 1646 in Mitau , † December 16, 1690 in Weferlingen ) was a Princess of Kurland from the Ketteler family and, by marriage, Landgravine von Hessen-Homburg .
Life
Luise Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Jakob von Kurland (1610–1662) from his marriage to Luise Charlotte (1617–1676), eldest daughter of Elector Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg .
On October 23, 1670, in Cölln , she married the later Landgrave Friedrich II of Hesse-Homburg , the famous Prince of Homburg , who she affectionately called "my fat angel". For reasons of marriage, Friedrich converted to the Reformed faith . The conversion of the faith brought him closer to the reformed princely houses in Brandenburg and Hessen-Kassel , where Luise Elisabeth's sister Amalia had been landgravine since 1673. Luise Elisabeth was a niece of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg , whereby Friedrich entered Prussian service and soon became the commandant of all troops in the electoral state.
The Reformed Luise Elisabeth played an essential role in the settlement of expelled Huguenots and Waldensians in Friedrichsdorf and Dornholzhausen as well as in the formation of the Reformed communities in Weferlingen and Homburg.
Today the Louisenstrasse in Bad Homburg bears her name.
progeny
- Charlotte (1672–1738) ⚭ 1694 Duke Johann Ernst III. of Saxe-Weimar (1664–1707)
- Friedrich III. Jacob (1673–1746), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- ⚭ 1700 Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Hessen-Darmstadt (1676–1721)
- ⚭ 1728 Princess Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler (1685–1761)
- Karl Christian (1674–1695), killed in the Palatine War of Succession near Namur
- Hedwig Luise (1675–1760) ⚭ 1718 Count Adam Friedrich von Schlieben (1677–1752)
- Philipp (1676–1703), killed in the Battle of the Speyerbach
- Wilhelmine Maria (1678–1770) ⚭ 1711 Count Anton II. Von Aldenburg (1681–1738)
- Eleonore Margarete (1679–1763)
- Elisabeth Franziska (1681–1707) ⚭ 1702 Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Nassau-Siegen (1680–1722)
- Johanna Ernestine (1682–1698)
- Ferdinand (* / † 1683)
- Karl Ferdinand (1684–1688)
- Casimir Wilhelm (1690–1726) ⚭ 1722 Countess Christine Charlotte zu Solms-Braunfels (1690–1751)
literature
- Hugo Aust among others: Fontane, Kleist and Hölderlin p. 12 f.
- Konstanze Grutschnig-Kieser: The clergyman Würtz p. 224
- Jürgen Rainer Wolf: The Courland inheritance. Landgravine Louise Elisabeth and the failed hopes of the House of Hessen-Homburg , Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, 1988
- Ulrich Schoenborn: With heart and mind: biography and world of the daughters of Duke Jacob of Courland in Hesse-Homburg, Herford and Hesse-Kassel . Kovač, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8300-4667-7 (not evaluated).
Web links
- Hessen-Homburg, Louisa Elisabetha Landgrave of. Hessian biography. (As of January 21, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Footnotes
- ^ Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , Volume 1: The county of Ruppin . Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-351-02141-0 , p. 425.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luise Elisabeth of Courland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Louise Elisabeth of Courland; Luise Elisabeth Ketteler; Luise Elisabeth Kettler |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic noblewoman, Landgrave of Hessen-Homburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1646 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mitau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1690 |
| Place of death | Weferlingen |