Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Electress Palatine
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Elisabeth Amalie, probably with her eldest daughter Eleonore, around 1655
Born (1635-03-20)20 March 1635
New Palace, Gießen, Germany
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Neuburg Palace, Neuburg, Germany
Burial Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
Spouse Philip William, Elector Palatine
(m. 1653; his death 1690)
Issue
Detail
Eleonor Magdalene, Holy Roman Empress
John William, Elector Palatine
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
Alexander Sigismund, Bishop of Augsburg
Francis Louis, Archbishop of Trier
Maria Sophia, Queen of Portugal
Maria Anna, Queen of Spain
Philip William August of Neuburg
Dorothea Sophie, Duchess of Parma
Hedwig Elisabeth, Princess Sobieski
Full name
German: Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene van Hessen-Darmstadt
English: Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt
House Hesse-Darmstadt
Father George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
Religion Roman Catholicism
prev. Lutheranism

Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene; 20 March 1635 – 4 August 1709) was a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and wife of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate.

Biography

Born at the New Palace in Gießen, Elisabeth Amalie was the daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. Her siblings included Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, future Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Anna Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg.

Elisabeth Amalie was brought up strictly by her mother who was a devout Lutheran. She had an attractive appearance with striking blond hair, a trait she kept until her old age and which was inherited by her daughters Eleonor Magdalene and Dorothea Sophie, the latter being known in particular for her blonde hair.

On 3 September 1653 she was married at Langenschwalbach to Count palatine Philip William of Neuburg, who later became Prince-elector of the Palatinate. Her husband was some twenty years older than she and was the heir to the Electoral Palatinate which was one of the most important states within the Holy Roman Empire.

She converted to Catholicism on 1 November 1653 in the presence of the elector and archbishop of Cologne, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria.

The writer William Nakatenus dedicated his work The Heavenly Palm little garden to her.

Issue

Ancestry

Family of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Christine of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Bernhard VIII, Lord of Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Magdalene of Lippe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (=26)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Magdalena of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Magdalene of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Augustus, Elector of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Christian I, Elector of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Anna of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. John George I, Elector of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (=10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Sophie of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Duchess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Albert, Duke of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Marie Eleonore of Cleves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Archduchess Maria of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 20 March 1635 – 3 September 1653 Her Serene Highness Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
  • 3 September 1653 – 26 May 1685 Her Serene Highness The Electoral Princess of the Palatinate
  • 26 May 1685 – 2 September 1690 Her Serene Highness The Electress Palatine
  • 2 September 1690 – 4 August 1709 Her Serene Highness The Dowager Electress Palatine

References

  • Choker, Peter, Diseases of the kings of Spain: the Austrians. From Madness to impotence Joan of Charles II the Bewitched (Madrid: The Sphere Books Ltd., 2005).

External links

Preceded by Electress Palatine
1685–1690
Succeeded by
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici