Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (28 January 1602–18 August 1651) was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel. She married the future William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1619 and became Landgravine upon his ascension to power in 1627. In 1637, military defeats forced her and William V into exile in East Frisia. Later that year, she became regent for their son William VI upon her husband's death. Through skillful diplomacy and military successes in the Thirty Years' War, she advanced the fortunes of Hesse-Kassel and influenced the Peace of Westphalia that brought the conflict to an end. She handed over an enlarged landgraviate to her son when she abdicated upon his majority in 1650. However, her health had deteriorated over the course of the war, and she died soon after her abdication in 1651.
Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg | |
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Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel | |
Tenure | 17 March 1627 – 21 September 1637 |
Born | (1602-01-29)29 January 1602 Hanau, County of Hanau-Münzenberg |
Died | 8 August 1651(1651-08-08) (aged 49) Kassel |
Spouse | William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
Issue Among others... | William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel |
House | House of Hanau |
Father | Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg |
Mother | Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau |