Countess Elisabeth of Nassau

Elisabeth Flandrika of Orange -Nassau (* March 26, 1577 in Middelburg, † September 3, 1642 in Sedan ) was by marriage to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duchess of Bouillon and in the time from 1623 to 1626 regent of the independent principality of Sedan.

Life

Elizabeth was the daughter of Prince William I of Orange -Nassau and his third wife, Charlotte de Bourbon- Montpensier to the world. After the murder of her father to Louise de Coligny took care of her stepmother, to the upbringing of Elisabeth Flandrika. This was traveling with her ​​sister Elizabeth and Charlotte Brabantina 1594 to Paris under the Huguenots in France after marriage candidates for the princesses to search.

After Henry IV had converted to Catholicism at that time, also studied many Huguenot Protestant alliances abroad. So married Princess Elizabeth on April 15, 1595 in Den Haag Henri de La Tour d' Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon. Three years later married Elizabeth's sister in 1598 the cousin of her husband, Claude de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars.

Despite the significant age difference between the spouses, the marriage of the Duchess of Bouillon was happy. After the wedding she moved to Sedan, the seat of the ducal family. There is a lot alone, she developed keen interest in music. Elizabeth and all her sisters were very close and were in the rain correspondence. Her sister Charlotte Brabantina lived as a widow since 1604 entirely up to her. In the same year was also her nephew, who afterwards became Winter King Frederick of the Palatinate, educated at the court of Sedan, just like Georg Wilhelm, who later became Elector of Brandenburg and husband of her niece Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.

During the absence of the Duke and after his death Elisabeth served from 1623 to 1626 as regent of the Principality of Sedan. This was Elisabeth im getting Catholic France becoming a rallying point for Huguenot refugees and a major Protestant and cultural center. To the disappointment of her married son and heir Frederic -Maurice was a Catholic and became a Catholic. He sold stock to the Prince- Bishop of Liege and Sedan ceded to the French crown.

Progeny

  • Louise (1596-1606)
  • Marie (1600-1665), ∞ 1619 Henri de La Trémoille, duc de Thouars
  • Julienne Catherine (1604-1637), 1627 François de La Rochefoucauld ∞, comte de Roucy ( 1603-1680 )
  • Frédéric -Maurice (1605-1652), Duke of Bouillon
  • Elisabeth (1606-1685), ∞ 1619 Aldonce Guy de Durfort, marquis de Duras et de Lorges ( 1605-1665 )
  • Henri (1611-1675), General Marshal of France
  • Henriette Catherine ( † 1677), ∞ 1629 Amaury III. Gouyon, marquis de La Moussaye, comte de Quintin (1601-1674)
  • Charlotte ( † 1662)
Sedan, Ardennes Regency Charlotte of Bourbon Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau Henry IV of France George William, Elector of Brandenburg
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