Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt [SEP] place of death
Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt
Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt (11 March 1656, Darmstadt – 16 August 1715, Römhild) was the only Duchess by marriage of Saxe-Römhild.
Life.
Marie Elizabeth was a daughter of Count Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630–1678) from his marriage to Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1634–1665), a daughter of Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp.
On 1 March 1676 in Darmstadt, she married Henry, who at the time of the
. Her death plunged Louis into deep mourning. He wrote some poems in memory of his wife.
Offspring.
From her marriage, Marie Elisabeth had the following children:
- Magdalena Sybille (1652–1712)
- Sophie Eleonore (born and died 1653)
- George (1654–1655)
- Marie Elisabeth (1656–1715)
- Auguste Magdalene (1657–1674)
- Louis VII (1658–1678), Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Frederick (1659–1676)
- Marie Sophie (1661–1712)
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