Sabine von Pfalz-Simmern

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Countess Palatine Sabine von Simmern, Countess of Egmond

Sabine von Pfalz-Simmern (born June 13, 1528 , † June 19, 1578 in Antwerp ) was Countess of Egmond and Princess of Gavre by marriage .

Life

Sabine was a daughter of the Count Palatine and Duke Johann II of Palatinate-Simmern (1492–1557) from his marriage to Beatrix (1492–1535), daughter of the Margrave Christoph I of Baden . She was a sister of the Elector Friedrich III. from the Palatinate .

She married on April 8, 1544 in Speyer Count Lamoral von Egmond , Prince of Gavre (1522–1568). The wedding was celebrated as part of the Reichstag in Speyer in the presence of Emperor Charles V and numerous German imperial princes. The marriage, which was of political importance, was described as extremely happy. The connection with a German imperial duchess, who was called Sabine von Baiern in the Netherlands , increased the rank of Egmond, who became a knight of the Golden Fleece in 1546 . Sabine is said to have begged the Duke of Alba on her knees for the life of her husband, who was beheaded in Brussels in 1568. After the death of her husband, Sabine lived with her children in very poor conditions.

Sabine was buried next to her husband in Sottegem . Lamoral's heart was placed in a heart capsule on her coffin. The place Oud-Beijerland in the Netherlands is named after Sabine.

progeny

From their marriage, Sabine had the following twelve children:

  • Eleanor († 1582)
⚭ 1574 Count Georg d'Hornes von Houtekercke († 1608)
  • Maria († 1584), nun
  • Philipp (1558–1590), Count of Egmond, governor of Artois
⚭ 1579 Countess Marie d'Hornes von Houtekercke
  • Franziska († 1589)
  • Lamoral II († 1617), Count of Egmond
⚭ 1608 Marie de Pierrevive
  • Madeleine
⚭ Floris van Stavele, Count of Herlies
⚭ 1. 1579 Count Edouard de Bournonville von Henin-Lietard (1533–1585)
⚭ 2. 1587 Count Guillaume de Lalaing von Hoogstraten (1563–1590)
⚭ 3rd Count Karl II. Von Mansfeld (1543–1596)
  • Isabella († young)
  • Anna (1560–?), Nun
  • Sabine (1562-1614)
⚭ 1595 Count Georg Eberhard zu Solms-Lich (1568–1602)
  • Johanna (1563–?), Prioress in Brussels
  • Karl (1567–1620), Count of Egmond, Prince of Gavre
⚭ 1590 Baroness Marie de Lens d'Aubigny

literature

  • Luise von Ploennis: Travel memories from Belgium , Duncker and Humblot, 1843, p. 179 f. Digitized
  • Johann Gottfried Gruber: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , 1st section, 31st part, Leipzig, 1838, p. 276 digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Daniel Wilhelm Richter: History of the Thirty Years' War, told from documents and other sources , Volume 1, Böhmer, 1840, p. 220
  2. ↑ Hubertus Thomas Leodius: Ein Fürstenspiegel: Memories of Count Palatine Elector Friedrich II near the Rhine: according to the Latin original and old German translation , Im Verlage bei Josef Max und Komp., 1849, p. 227
  3. ↑ August Kluckhohn (ed.): Letters from Friedrich the Pious, Elector Palatinate , Volume 1, CA Schwetschke and Son, 1868, p. 56
  4. ↑ Fel. August Braun: German reading book for the lower and middle classes of the secondary schools in Belgium , Verlag der Du Mont-Schauberg'schen Buchhandlung, 1860 p. 122
  5. ↑ Hamburg literary and critical sheets ... , Volume 31, 1855, p. 469 digitized
personal data
SURNAME Sabine von Pfalz-Simmern
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sabina von Pfalz-Simmern, Sabine von Bayern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Egmond and Princess of Gavre
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1528
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1578
Place of death Antwerp