Sophie of Hessen-Kassel

Sophie von Hessen-Kassel (born September 12, 1615 in Kassel , † November 22, 1670 in Bückeburg ) was a princess of Hessen-Kassel and, by marriage, Countess zu Schaumburg-Lippe .

Life

Sophie was a daughter of Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632) from his marriage to Juliane (1587–1643), daughter of Count Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg .

She married Count Philipp I zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1601–1681) in Stadthagen on October 12, 1640 . Through his marriage, Philipp secured the renewed fief with the retired offices of Rodenberg , Hagenburg and Arensburg , which was tied to the condition that his county was subject to the patronage of Landgravine Amalie Elisabeth von Hessen-Kassel .

progeny

From their marriage, Sophie had the following children:

• Elisabeth (* / † 1646)
• Eleonore Sophie (1648–1671)
• Johanna Dorothea (1649–1695)

⚭ 1664 (divorced 1678) Count Johann Adolf von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1637–1704)

• Hedwig Luise (1650–1731)

⚭ 1676 Duke August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1652–1689)

• Wilhelm Bernhard (* / † 1651)
• Elisabeth Philippine (1652-1703)

⚭ 1676 Count Philipp Christoph Breunner zu Asparn († 1708)

• Friedrich Christian (1655–1728), Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

⚭ 1. 1691 (divorced 1725) Countess Johanna Sophie von Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1673–1743)

⚭ 2. 1725 Anna Maria von Gall (1707–1760)

• Karl Hermann (1656–1657)
• Charlotte Juliane (1657-1684)

⚭ 1676 Count Johann Heinrich von Kuefstein (1643–1687)

• Philipp Ernst (1659–1723), Count of Lippe-Alverdissen

⚭ 1686 Princess Dorothea Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1656–1739)

literature

• Franz Carl Theodor Piderit: History of the Grafschaft Schaumburg and the most important places in the same , p. 141

Web links

• Schaumburg and Lippe, Sophia Countess too. Hessian biography. (As of November 22, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).