Renata of Lorraine
Renata von Lothringen (born April 20, 1544 in Nancy , † May 22, 1602 in Munich ) was a daughter of Duke Franz I of Lorraine and his wife Christina of Denmark . Through her marriage, she was Duchess of Bavaria from October 24, 1579 to October 15, 1597
Life
On February 22, 1568 she married the Hereditary Prince Wilhelm of Bavaria . The wedding was celebrated with an unusually large amount of effort for this century. The festival lasted 18 days, around 5000 riders took part, and the festival music for the occasion was specially composed by Orlando di Lasso .
Otherwise, however, Renata - together with her husband, when this duke became a duke - led a life of charity , modesty and charity. They left the Munich residence and lived in the Jesuit college building in western Munich. Renata took care of the sick, the poor and pilgrims. She was completely absorbed in this task after her husband's abdication . Renata spent her last years in the ducal hospital founded in 1555 by her father-in-law in Munich's Hackenviertel .
Renata's grave is in the Church of St. Michael (Munich) , the consecration of which was the last highlight of her life. Renata was venerated like a saint by the people, but never canonized.
progeny
Six of their ten children reached adulthood:
- Maximilian I (1573-1651)
- Maria Anna (1574-1616); ⚭ 1600 Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, later Emperor
- Philipp Wilhelm (1576–1598), cardinal deacon and prince-bishop of Regensburg
- Ferdinand (1577–1650), Elector of Cologne, Prince-Bishop of Liège, Münster, Hildesheim and Paderborn
- Albrecht VI. the Leuchtenberger (1584–1666); ⚭ 1612 Princess Mechthild von Leuchtenberg (1588–1634)
- Magdalene (1587-1628); ⚭ 1613 the Hereditary Prince Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg and Jülich-Kleve-Berg .
literature
- Crignis-Mentelberg, Anna de: Duchess Renata. The mother of Maximilian the Great of Bavaria . Freiburg im Breisgau 1912.
- Yolk soft, Helmut: The young Maximilian. Youth and education of the Bavarian Duke and later Elector Maximilian I from 1573 to 1593 . Munich 1962.
- Rueth, Andrea: Renata of Lothringen, Duchess of Bavaria . In: Wurst, Jürgen and Langheiter, Alexander (Ed.): Monachia. Munich: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 2005. S. 142. ISBN 3-88645-156-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 390.
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| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | Duchess of Bavaria 1579–1598 |
Maria Anna |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Renata of Lorraine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daughter of Duke Francis I of Lorraine, Princess of Lorraine, Duchess of Bavaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1544 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1602 |
| Place of death | Munich |