Sibylle Hedwig of Saxony-Lauenburg
Sibylle Hedwig von Sachsen-Lauenburg (born July 30, 1625 in Ratzeburg , † August 1, 1703 in Lauenburg ) was a princess of Sachsen-Lauenburg and by marriage Duchess of Sachsen-Lauenburg.
Life
Sibylle Hedwig was the youngest daughter of Duke August von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1577–1656) from his first marriage to Elisabeth Sophie (1599–1627), daughter of Duke Johann Adolph von Holstein-Gottorf .
In 1654 she married her cousin, Duke Franz Erdmann von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1629–1666). The marriage contract had already been signed two years earlier and served to ease the disputes over the successor to Duke August, who had no surviving sons.
Their marriage remained childless and Sibylle Hedwig not only survived her husband, but also the last Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg Julius Franz , who died in 1689. Sibylle Hedwig asserted hereditary claims in vain. She mainly spent her widowhood in Tüschenbeck and at the Fürstenhof, a summer house in Groß Grönau . She received income from the Ratzeburg office and renewed her father's tomb in the Ratzeburg Cathedral. Sibylle Hedwig is buried in the Maria Magdalenenkirche in Lauenburg.
The courtyards of Kulpin and Groß Grönau, which belong to their Wittum , were given to Duke Georg Wilhelm of Braunschweig ; the goods Tüschenbeck and Groß Sarau she bequeathed her childhood friend ARMGARD Margarete von Bernstorff, wife of Christian Ulrich von Wackerbarth .
literature
- Johann Samuelesch: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts in alphabetical order . Volume 48, J. f. Gleditsch, 1848, p. 92
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| SURNAME | Sibylle Hedwig of Saxony-Lauenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1625 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratzeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1703 |
| Place of death | Lauenburg |