Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg | |
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Born | March 1537 |
Died | Dillenburg | 6 July 1579
Noble family | Leuchtenberg |
Spouse(s) | John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg |
Father | George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg |
Mother | Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach |
Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (born: March 1537- died: 6 July 1579 in Dillenburg) was the daughter of Landgrave George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg and Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1495–1552).
After her death, the German theologian Christoph Pezel wrote an obituary about her. [1]
At least two portraits of Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg exist. The first is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in the form of an anonymous picture, made between 1850 and 1930, [2] a reproduction of a painting by an unknown painter. The second is a drawing in circular shape.
Another portrait, also made by an anonymous painter, was initially identified as portrait of Charlotte of Bourbon, [3] but it was later identified by L.J. van der Klooster as possibly Elisabeth van Leuchtenberg. [4]
Elisabeth was the first wife of John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, son of William "the Rich" of Nassau en Juliana of Stolberg. She married on 6 June 1559 at Dillenburg Castle. They had thirteen children:
Elisabeth died in 1579. After her death, John VI had two later marriages, with still more children.
Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg | |
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Born | March 1537 |
Died | Dillenburg | 6 July 1579
Noble family | Leuchtenberg |
Spouse(s) | John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg |
Father | George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg |
Mother | Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach |
Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (born: March 1537- died: 6 July 1579 in Dillenburg) was the daughter of Landgrave George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg and Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1495–1552).
After her death, the German theologian Christoph Pezel wrote an obituary about her. [1]
At least two portraits of Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg exist. The first is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in the form of an anonymous picture, made between 1850 and 1930, [2] a reproduction of a painting by an unknown painter. The second is a drawing in circular shape.
Another portrait, also made by an anonymous painter, was initially identified as portrait of Charlotte of Bourbon, [3] but it was later identified by L.J. van der Klooster as possibly Elisabeth van Leuchtenberg. [4]
Elisabeth was the first wife of John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, son of William "the Rich" of Nassau en Juliana of Stolberg. She married on 6 June 1559 at Dillenburg Castle. They had thirteen children:
Elisabeth died in 1579. After her death, John VI had two later marriages, with still more children.