Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont

Biography

Elizabeth was the daughter of Frederick of Lorraine (1368-1415) and Margaret of Vaudémont and Joinville ( Margaret of Widmont, ca 1354-1418 ). In 1412 she became the second wife of Count Philipp I of Nassau -Saarbrücken ( 1368-1429 ). After his death in 1429 she took over the regency to 1438 for their underage sons, Philip II ( 1418-1492 ) and Johann on the Nassau- Saarbrücken territory, the areas along the middle Saar, at the Assemblies, in the eastern Lorraine, in today's thunder Mountain circle around the city Kirchheimbolanden, im Taunus, included an der Lahn and in Lorraine on the Meuse Commercy. It managed to hold together their empire in partially turbulent times and to avoid disputes with nearby kingdoms. Under their aegis, Saarbrücken developed into a residential town with the Count castle on the headland overhanging the Saar castle rock as the fulcrum. Until then, there was still no location-based central government or provincial lords traveled incessantly rather their often scattered possessions, to substantiate the claim to power by their presence ( travel rule ).

Elizabeth died on 17 January 1456. Contrary to the habits of the old Counts of Saarbrücken, which could be buried in Wadgassen, St. Elisabeth Arnual (Saarbrücken ) chose as their final resting place. Her grave is in the local Collegiate Church, which for 200 years was subsequently Erbgrablege to the House of Nassau -Saarbrücken.

Afterlife

Even during her lifetime saw Elizabeth for their inheritance. In 1439 she shared her possessions on under her two sons: a fairly Rhenish territory she spoke her older son, Philip, Count of Nassau- Weilburg, to the left bank area, they commissioned from her younger son Johann Count of Nassau -Saarbrücken. The latter probably had, unlike his brother, a personal reference to his mother's literary activity. Among other things, he was magnificently furnished manuscripts of romances that Elisabeth had translated, make. Manuscripts and early printed copies are located in the Herzog August Bibliothek ( Wolfenbüttel ) and the State and University Library Hamburg.

In April 2007, an extensive poster exhibition on the novels of Elizabeth found in Saarbrücken Saarbrücken held on the occasion of participation in the activities of the European Capital of Culture in Luxembourg. The European Writers' Congress in Saarbrücken on 16 October 2007 under the motto " Ir men make access fryden " with which Elizabeth began her translations.

Expenditure

• Read a lieplichs VND a warhafftige Hystorij as one of the ward who commanded Hug schäpler VND wz butcher Gschlecht a huge küng to Franck Rich, Green Ingersoll, Strasbourg 1500 ( incunabula, owned by the State and Univ Bibl. Hamburg)
• A beautiful warhaftige hystory of Keiser Karolus sun genant Loher or Lotarius: as he was verbant VSS Siben iar the künigreich VND as the Selbig time so gallantly bruchte, Grieninger, Strasbourg 1514 ( pressure in the possession of the State and Univ Bibl. Hamburg)
• A Beautiful vnnd warhaffte History of the costly geherczten VND manhafftigen Huge Schappler ... trucked from Newen. Grübninger, Strasbourg 1537 (pressure in the possession of the State and Univ Bibl. Hamburg)
• Hermann Urtel (ed.): The Huge Scheppel of Countess Elisabeth of Nassau- Saarbrücken to the handwriting of the Hamburg city library. Grafe, Hamburg 1905 (reprint: Ruland & Raetzer, Saarbrücken 2007, ISBN 3-9811546-0-6 )
• Sibille - The Book of King Charles of Frank Rich and siner Husfrouen Sibillen, the waiting verjaget mod one Getwerch sake, free transfer into High German by Yvonne computing with illustrations by Uwe Loebens, ed. by the Foundation for German - French cultural cooperation, Publisher: Books ISBN 978-3-9809584-4-8 build bridges ( jewel case also includes expenditure in French - traduit en francais par Maxime -Olivier Lieser - and in Luxembourgish language - closely Iwwersetzung to d' Letzebuergescht vum Chantal Keller - on the basis of output in high German, and the illustrations of this issue)