Name Landgravine Amalie | ||
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Born 20 March 1635
New Palace, Giesen, Germany ( 1635-03-20 ) Burial Neuburg an der Donau, Germany 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 Father George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Mother Sophia Eleonore of Saxony Religion Roman Catholicism
prev. Lutheranism Died August 4, 1709, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany Spouse Philip William, Elector Palatine (m. 1653–1690) House Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Children Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg Parents George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony Similar People Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Maria Sophia of Neuburg | ||
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.
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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.