Elisabeth of Hanau, Countess of Hohenlohe

Elisabeth von Hanau (* um 1395, † May 25, 1475 ) was a daughter of Ulrich V of Hanau and Countess Elisabeth of goats grove.

Family

Ulrich III. Hanau ( * ca 1310 - † 1369/70 ) ∞ Adelaide of Nassau ( † 1344)

Graf Eberhard von Wertheim († 1373 ) ∞ Viscountess Catherine of Hohenzollern († 1369 )

Count Gottfried VII of goats Hain ( * before 1360, † 1394) ∞ Agnes von Falkenstein ( † 1380 )

Duke Ernst I of Brunswick -Göttingen (* 1305, † 1367 ) ∞ Countess Elisabeth of Hesse († 1390 )

Ulrich IV of Hanau (* 1330/40, † 1380 ) ∞ Countess Elisabeth of Wertheim (* 1347, † 1378 )

Count Gottfried VIII of goats Hain ( * 1360, † 1394) ∞ Duchess Agnes of Brunswick- Lüneburg- Göttingen ( † 1416 )

Ulrich V of Hanau (* 1370, † 1419 ) ∞ Countess Elisabeth of goats Hain ( * 1375, † 1431)

Elisabeth

For family see main article: Hanau ( noble )

She married in 1413 Albrecht I von Hohenlohe Hohenlohe- Weikersheim. From this marriage emerged:

Elisabeth of Hanau died on 25 May 1475 was buried in the monastery Gnadental.

Importance

Ziegenhainer inheritance

Through her ​​marriage to Albert I of Hohenlohe Elisabeth of Hanau strengthened the family relationship between the houses and goats Hohenlohe Hohenlohe grove and the heirship to the county goats grove. This was originally created because her aunt Agnes of goats Hain ( † 1399 ), a sister of her mother, force had married V. von Hohenlohe - Weikersheim.

1450 died the last Count of goats grove, John II, without male heirs. The county goats grove was since 1437 a fief of land county Hessen. The Landgrave of Hesse she explained, therefore, as a fief for home like Hessian and occupied it militarily. The House Hohenlohe made ​​hereditary claims, however asserted that it was derived via Elisabeth of Hanau. It succeeded the High Lohern, of Kaiser Friedrich III. to be mortgaged as an imperial fief with goat grove. The inheritance dispute lasted until 1495, led to legal and military conflicts, but ended with the victory of Hesse: Goats grove remained in the county of Hesse country. However, Albrecht I, Elizabeth and her heirs retained the title of Count, who was only passing through the Ziegenhainer inheritance mediated by Elisabeth to the House Hohenlohe, and led the six-pointed star still Ziegenhainer coat of arms.

Lichtenberger inheritance

Elizabeth was the first marriage of their daughter with the same name Ludwig V of Lichtenberg, in turn, the parents of Anna von Lichtenberg ( * 1442 † 1474 ) were, grandmother of Anna. Anna married on September 3, 1458 Count Philip I, the elder, of Hanau- Babenhausen. 1480 inherited Philip I, mediated by them, for the children of her childless deceased uncle and the last male member of the family of Lichtenberg, Jakob Lichtenberg, along with her sister, who was married to Count Simon Alarm Clock of Zweibrücken- Bitsch, depending half for the most part located in Alsace rule Lichtenberg. This territorial gains made ​​from the hitherto humble county of Hanau - Babenhausen a considerable territory, which is the future, bearing the name county of Hanau - Lichtenberg.