Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg

Juliane of Nassau- Dillenburg ( born September 3, 1587 Dillenburg, † February 15, 1643 in Rotenburg an der Fulda ) was the fifth child and second daughter of Count John of Nassau- Dillenburg ( 1561-1623 ), who after 1606 inheritance of his father was when Johann I, Count of Nassau - Siegen, and his wife Magdalena von Waldeck ( 1558-1599 ).

Life

Juliane was on 22 May 1603, the second wife of Landgrave Moritz of Hesse- Kassel ( 1572-1632 ) and gave birth to 1628 seven sons and seven daughters. To ensure their befitting supply, Juliane operation targeting the transfer of income and ownership rights to their children and eventually reached by Moritz consent that their offspring a quarter of the land county Hessen - the so-called Rotenburger Quart - transfer would get, these areas but continue to Kassel should remain supremacy. Thus, first the Landgrave secondary lines " Hesse -Rotenburg " and " Hessen- Eschwege " and then in 1649 with her son Ernst, the line originated with Juliane's sons Hermann and Friedrich " Hessen- Rhein rock ( younger line ) ". Although Ernst after the death of his childless brother in 1655 or 1658 only Eschwege and then Rotenburg inherited and thus united all parts of the Rotenburger quart in one hand, arise due to inheritance cases, amalgamation and division over the next 250 years yet again several times the new or newly - named side lines of semi - independent country counties such as "Hessen -Rhein rock -Rotenburg ", " Hesse - Eschwege Wanfried " and " Hesse -Rotenburg - Eschwege ".

Landgrave Moritz thanked from 1627 to pressure the Hessian estates and retired to Eschwege, where he died in 1632. His son from his first marriage William V took over the government in Hesse- Kassel. Juliane moved in 1629 with her children, the castle Rotenburg in Rotenburg an der Fulda, where she died in 1643.

Children

Landgrave Moritz and Julian had together seven sons and seven daughters:

  • Philipp (1604-1626), killed at the Battle of Lutter
  • Agnes (1606-1650) ∞ 1623 Prince Johann Casimir of Anhalt- Dessau ( 1596-1660 )
  • Hermann (1607-1658), Landgrave of Hesse -Rotenburg
  • Juliane (1608-1628)
  • Sabine (1610-1620)
  • Magdalene (1611-1671) ∞ 1646 Altgraf Erich Adolf zu Salm- Reifferscheid ( 1619-1673 )
  • Moritz (1614-1633)
  • Sophie (1615-1670) ∞ 1644 Count Philipp zu Schaumburg -Lippe ( 1601-1681 )
  • Friedrich (1617-1655), Landgrave of Hesse - Eschwege, like in Poznan
  • Christian (1622-1640), Swedish colonel, died after a binge with the General Baner with some other officers, it is a poison attack suspected.
  • Ernst (1623-1693), Landgrave of Hesse -Rhine rock -Rotenburg
  • Christine (1625-1626)
  • Philip (1626-1629)
  • Elisabeth (1628-1633)
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels Hesse-Rheinfels William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Agnes of Hesse-Kassel John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe Integrated Authority File
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