Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Full name
	German: Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene van Hessen-Darmstadt; English: Elizabeth Amelia Magdalena of Hesse-Darmstadt

Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
	Electress Palatine
	Portrait by Jan Frans van Douven, c. 1705.
Born	20 March 1635; New Palace, Gießen, Germany
Died	4 August 1709 (aged 74); Neuburg Palace, Neuburg, Germany
Burial	Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
Spouse	Philip William, Elector Palatine ; (m. 1653; died 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: Elizabeth Amelia Magdalena 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

Elisabeth Amalie, probably with her eldest daughter Eleonor Magdalene, around 1655.

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

Name	Lifespan	Notes
Eleonor Magdalene Holy Roman Empress	6 January 1655- 19 January 1720	Married in 1676 Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and had issue;
Maria Adelheid Anna	6 January 1656- 22 December 1656	Died in infancy
Sophia Elisabeth	25 May 1657- 7 February 1658	Died in infancy
Johann Wilhelm Elector Palatine	19 April 1658- 8 June 1716	Married first Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria and had no surviving issue; married second Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici and had no issue
Wolfgang George Frederik Auxiliary Bishop in Köln	5 June 1659- 4 June 1683	Died unmarried
Ludwig Anton Bishop of Worms	9 June 1660- 4 May 1694	Died unmarried
Charles III Philip Elector Palatine	4 November 1661- 31 December 1742	Married first Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł and had issue; married second Teresa Lubomirska and had issue; married third Violante Theresia of Thurn and Taxis, no issue
Alexander Sigismund Bishop of Augsburg	16 April 1663- 24 January 1737	Died unmarried
Francis Louis Count Palatine Archbishop of Wrocław	18 July 1664- 6 April 1732	Died unmarried
Frederik Wilhelm Imperial General	20 July 1665- 23 July 1689	Died unmarried
Maria Sophia Elisabeth Queen of Portugal	6 August 1666- 4 August 1699	Married in 1687 Peter II of Portugal and had issue
Maria Anna Queen of Spain	28 October 1667- 16 July 1740	Married in 1690 Charles II of Spain, no issue;
Philip William August	19 November 1668- 5 April 1693	Married in 1690 Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg and had issue
Dorothea Sophie Duchess of Parma	5 July 1670- 15 September 1748	Married in 1690 Odoardo Farnese and had issue;
Hedwig Elisabeth Amelia Princess Sobieski	18 July 1673- 10 August 1722	Married in 1691 James Louis Sobieski and had issue;
Johann	1 February 1675- 2 February 1675	Died in infancy
Leopoldine Eleonora Josepha	27 May 1679 - 8 March 1693	Died unmarried

Ancestry

Ancestors of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

8. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

4. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

9. Magdalene of Lippe

2. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

10. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (=26)

5. Magdalene of Brandenburg

11. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

1. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

12. Christian I, Elector of Saxony

6. John George I, Elector of Saxony

13. Sophie of Brandenburg

3. Duchess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

14. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

7. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia

15. Marie Eleonore of Cleves

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

http://thepeerage.com/p11212.htm#i112112
https://web.archive.org/web/20140306112911/https://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtmuseum/sammlung/04/012/10203.shtml
Marek, Miroslav. "brabant/brabant13.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
Marek, Miroslav. "wittel/wittel4.html#PW". genealogy.euweb.cz.
Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Schwalbach, p. 39, at Google Books
Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein, insbesondere die alte Erzdiözese Köln, p. 237, at Google Books

Preceded by Wilhelmina Ernestine of Denmark	Electress Palatine 1685–1690	Succeeded by Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

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