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Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
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1602 – 1651
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Who was Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg?
Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel.
She was a daughter of Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau. She married in 1619 to landgrave William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. She was Regent of Hesse-Kassel from 1637 until 1650 during the Thirty Years' War, as the guardian of her under age son William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
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- Born
- Jan 29, 1602
Hanau - Also known as
- Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg
- Parents
- Spouses
- William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
(1619 - 1637/09/21)
- William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
- Children
- Died
- Aug 8, 1651
Kassel
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on July 23, 2013
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