Louise Elisabeth of Courland
Louise Elisabeth of Courland ( born August 12, 1646 Jelgava, † December 16, 1690 in Weferlingen ) was a princess of Courland from the family Ketteler and by marriage Countess of Hesse- Homburg.
Life
Louise Elisabeth was a daughter of the Duke Jacob of Courland (1610-1662) from his marriage to Luise Charlotte (1617-1676), eldest daughter of the Elector George William of Brandenburg.
On October 23, 1670 married in Coelln later to become the Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse- Homburg, the famous Prince of Homburg. For the sake of the marriage Frederick was converted to the Reformed faith. The faith crossing brought him into closer relations with the princely houses also reformist in Brandenburg and Hessen- Kassel, where Luise Elisabeth's sister Amalia was since 1673 Landgravine. Louise Elisabeth was a niece of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg, which Friedrich entered the Prussian service, and soon commander of all troops of the electorate was.
The Reformed Luise Elisabeth played a major role in the settlement vertriebenener Huguenots and Waldenses in Friedrichsdorf and Dornholzhausen as well as in the formation of the reformist communities in Weferlingen and Homburg.
Progeny
- Charlotte (1672-1738) ⚭ 1694 Duke Johann Ernst III. of Saxe- Weimar (1664-1707)
- Friedrich III. Jacob (1673-1746), Landgrave of Hesse -Homburg
- Karl Christian (1674-1695) liked before Namur
- Hedwig Louise (1675-1760) ⚭ 1718 Count Adam Friedrich von Schlieben ( 1677-1752 )
- Philipp (1676-1703), killed in the battle at Speyerbach
- Wilhelmine Maria (1678-1770) ⚭ 1711 Count Anton II of Aldenburg ( 1681-1738 )
- Eleanor Margaret (1679-1763)
- Elisabeth Franziska (1681-1707) ⚭ 1702 Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Nassau- Siegen ( 1680-1722 )
- Johanna Ernestine (1682-1698)
- Ferdinand (* / † 1683)
- Karl Ferdinand (1684-1688)
- Casimir Wilhelm (1690-1726) ⚭ 1722 Countess Charlotte Christine of Solms- Braunfels ( 1690-1751 )