Marie Eleonore of Anhalt-Dessau
Marie Eleonore von Anhalt-Dessau (born March 14, 1671 in Dessau ; † May 18, 1756 ibid) was a Princess of Anhalt-Dessau from the house of the Ascanians and by marriage to Princess Radziwiłł and Duchess of Nieswicz and of Olyka.
Life
Marie Eleonore was a daughter of Prince Johann Georg II of Anhalt-Dessau (1627–1693) from his marriage to Henriette Katharina (1637–1708), daughter of Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Orange .
She married Prince Jerzy Józef Radziwiłł (1668–1689), Duke of Nieswicz and of Olyka, a nephew of the Polish King John III , on September 3, 1687 in Dessau . After a short marriage without children, which therefore had no political or dynastic consequences, her husband died on January 3, 1689 in Bialla and Marie Eleonore returned to Dessau. She outlived all of her sisters and inherited the majority from her mother's estate, including the important collection of paintings by Dutch masters, which is now in the castles of Dessau and Mosigkau . Maria Eleonore was buried in the Marienkirche in Dessau .
literature
- Markus Schacht, Jörg Meiner, Horst Ledemacher: Dynastie in der Republik , Volume 1, Hirmer, 1999, p. 329 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian von Stramberg : Memorable and useful Rhenish antiquarian ... Dept. 3, Vol. 1, Rudolph Friedrich Christian Hergt , Coblenz 1853, p. 382 online
- ↑ Markus Schacht, Jörg Meiner, Horst Ledemacher: Dynastie in der Republik , Volume 1, Hirmer, 1999, p. 319
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| SURNAME | Marie Eleonore of Anhalt-Dessau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess Radziwiłł |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1671 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1756 |
| Place of death | Dessau |