Luise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels

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Duchess Luise Elisabeth of Saxony-Merseburg

Luise Elisabeth von Württemberg-Oels (* March 4, 1673 in Bernstadt ; † April 28, 1736 in Forst (Lausitz) ), Duchess of the House of Württemberg-Oels and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Merseburg , renewed the Duke of Württemberg in 1709 -Oelssian Order of Knights of the Death's Head as a pure ladies' order.

family

Luise Elisabeth was the first daughter of Christian Ulrich I , Duke of Württemberg-Oels and his first wife Anna Elisabeth , a daughter of Christian II , Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Life

Bernstadt Castle around 1860, birthplace of Duchess Luise Elisabeth of Saxony-Merseburg, born von Württemberg-Oels

Luise Elisabeth von Sachsen-Merseburg was the 2nd wife of Duke Philipp von Sachsen-Merseburg-Lauchstädt . She was born in Bernstadt , the residence of the Duchy of Bernstadt , as Luise Elisabeth von Württemberg-Oels. Here she grows up well protected, but her mother Anna Elisabeth dies in 1680. Her father, Christian Ulrich I , Duke of Württemberg-Oels, married in 1683, his second wife in Doberlug , Sibylle Marie von Sachsen-Merseburg, daughter of Duke Christian I. of Sachsen-Merseburg .

On August 20, 1688, Luise Elisabeth (aged 15) married Duke Philipp von Sachsen-Merseburg-Lauchstädt (aged 31 and brother of her stepmother) with a big party in Bernstadt. There are two commemorative medals for the wedding. Then they moved to Merseburg . Their son Christian Ludwig was born in Merseburg in 1689, but died in 1690. In the same year, their husband Philipp also died in the battle of Fleurus . Luise Elisabeth followed him on his way into battle. The camp she was traveling with was attacked and after an odyssey she came back to Merseburg or Lauchstädt .

In 1704 she moved from Lauchstädt Castle to the town of Forst (Lausitz) and took her widow's seat here. In the same year her father, Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels, dies at Oels Castle . The residential palace chosen here has been uninhabited since the von Bieberstein family with Ferdinand II died out in 1667. She had it renewed, expanded and given a chapel. For the court church, the large hall above the gate of the castle was set up in the direction of the so-called "Green Ganges". To her court belonged the chief chamberlain Carl Gottlob von Goldstein auf Passendorf and Angersdorf and his wife, the chief chamberlain Christiane Sibylle, born. Marshal v. Bieberstein , two chamberlains, Otto Heinrich v. Vibra and Bodo Gottlieb v. Koseritz , a stable master, Hans Günther v. Bomsdorf on Weissagk and, after his death, a Mr. Lossow, several chambermaids and chambermaids. In addition, there were a number of pages, a court deacon or court preacher since 1710, a court cantor who was also a page court master, later also a court catechist who had to instruct the youth of the court staff and support the court preacher in preaching, and also a personal physician. The court was completed by a bandmaster, who was assisted by various musicians, mostly lackeys, a chamber singer, chamber dwarf, a court administrator, court courtier, court gardener and numerous servants with all sorts of titles.

In 1709 the city of Forst (Lausitz) received the first post office to be set up in the residential palace due to its commitment.

The small court chapel is directed from 1717–1721 by Christian August Jacobi (1688 – after 1725) as band director. In 1718 he wrote the Christmas cantata “Heaven is open to us again” for solo tenor, string ensemble, trumpets and basso continuo (world premiere on Christmas Day in the castle chapel). The work is not insignificant for Saxon baroque music and is occasionally performed in the Dresden Frauenkirche .

She lived in the Forster Residenzschloss until she was 63. She died on April 28, 1736 and was buried in a crypt in the town church of St. Nikolai in Forst (Lausitz).

In the town of Forst (Lausitz), today the "Elisabethstrasse" near the no longer existing castle commemorates the Duchess. The exact burial place in the town church of St. Nikolai is not known.

progeny

From her marriage, Luise Elisabeth had the following child:

  • Christian Ludwig (born July 21, 1689 in Merseburg; † June 6, 1690 ibid), Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Merseburg-Lauchstädt

literature

  • Johann Christoph Schneider: Chronicle of the town and estate forest before and after the union with the estate of Pförten. Guben 1846, p. 161. (Report on the Duchess) ( digitized in the Google book search)
  • Johann Samuelansch : General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts in alphabetical order. Leipzig 1832, p. 405 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The Order of the Death's Head. 1652. In: Joseph von Hormayr: Pocket book for the patriotic history. Volume 9, Leipzig 1838, p. 289 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The Knights of Death's Head. In: Hermann Markgraf: The black man. Vienna 1863, p. 19 and especially p. 30 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The Order of the Death's Head. In: Archives for History, Statistics, Literature and Art. Volume 16, p. 752 ( digitized version in the Google book search).
  • Andreas Lazarus von Imhof: Newly opened history hall This is Kurtze, a clear and impartial description of general world and church histories: From the beginning to this our times, divided into regular periodos or terms of time. Containing the stories of the Kayser Josephi government, except for the Kayser Caroli VI government. and the year 1724. Volume 4, p. 245 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • The Order of the Death's Head. In: Johann Huebner: Johann Huebners Newly increased and improved Reales Staats- Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon: In it so well The religions and spiritual orders, the empires and states ... are clearly and clearly described. Regensburg / Vienna 1765, p. 941 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Würtemberg-Oelsischer Ritterorden des Todtenkopfs. In: Gustav Adolph Ackermann: Order book of all orders and decorations that have flourished and expired in Europe. Annaberg 1855, p. 198 ( digitized version ).
  • Birthday font for Luise Elisabeth von Sachsen-Merseburg from 1694 ( digitized in VD 17 )
  • Edifying news of the life and death of ... Louisen Elisabeth bored Duchess of Württemberg married Duchess of Saxony Merseburg as a great confessor of evangelical truth, 1751 ( digitized in VD18 )
  • Memorial poem for Luise Elisabeth Duchess of Saxony-Merseburg † 28. Apr. 1736 ( digitized in VD 18 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Christoph Schneider: Chronicle of the town and state rule of forest before and after the union with the state rule of Pförten. Guben 1846, p. 161.
  2. ↑ Jürgen Grumbt, Hans Kober: From the beginning of the post in Forsta in Saxony 300 years ago. A contribution to the history of the city of Forst (L.) from 1709 to 1815. In: Forster Yearbook for History and Local History 2009. Forst (Lausitz) 2008, p. 51.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Hanke: The sky is open to us again. Christian August Jacobi - a brilliant musical talent as a band director in the baroque forest. In: Forster Yearbook for History and Local History 2008. Forst (Lausitz) 2007, p. 78.
  4. ↑ Richard Ihlo, Winfried Scholze: Forster street names and their meaning. Part 10, In: Forster Wochenblatt. October 16, 1998, p. 9.
personal data
SURNAME Luise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luise Elisabeth of Saxony-Merseburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Württemberg-Oels, by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Merseburg
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1673
PLACE OF BIRTH Bernstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1736
Place of death Forst (Lausitz)