Mechthild of Hesse (1490–1558)

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Mechthild von Hessen (* around 1490; † May 6, 1558 ) was the daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm I (1466–1520) and Anna of Braunschweig .

Life

Mechthild von Hessen was the cousin of the Hessian landgrave Philip the Magnanimous . She first embarked on a spiritual career. After the Reformation was introduced in the Landgraviate of Hesse , the monasteries were dissolved and she turned back to worldly things. Landgrave Philipp married them on May 13, 1527 to Count Konrad von Tecklenburg-Schwerin , who had served as a young nobleman at the landgrave's court. As a dowry in the marriage, the count received parts of the county of Hoya as a Hessian fief , namely the offices of Uchte and Freudenberg with the main town of Bassum . The marriage served on the one hand to provide for Mechthild, on the other hand it was politically motivated and was intended to strengthen Philip's politics and the Reformation in Westphalia .

progeny

Literature, sources

  • Gerhard Arnold Rumpius: Of salvation. Rom. Imperial clock, highly praiseworthy graff work Tekelenburg . Brauer, Bremen 1672. Reprint: Howe, Tecklenburg 1988, ISBN 3-925147-02-0 . P. 105 ff.
  • Wilhelm Müller: From the history of the county of Tecklenburg . District Committee, Tecklenburg 1920, p. 12 ff.
  • Oskar Prince von Bentheim: Anna von Tecklenburg 1532–1582. The first Protestant regent in Westphalia . In: Yearbook for Westphalian Church History . No. 98. Association for Westphalian Church History, Bielefeld 2003, ISSN  0341-9886 , pp. 77–86.

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personal data
SURNAME Hessen, Mechthild of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION by marriage to Countess von Tecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1558