Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg
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Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (19 November 1597 – 26 April 1660) was an Electress consort of Brandenburg as the wife of George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, and the mother of Frederick William of Brandenburg, the "Great Elector".
Biography
Elizabeth Charlotte was the daughter of
Frederick became famous as the Elector-Palatine and "Winter King" of Bohemia
.
In 1616 Elizabeth Charlotte married George William, with whom she had three children.
The marriage was arranged to unite two Protestant dynasties. In 1618, her brother's deposition from the throne of Bohemia caused the
Protestant party against the pro-Austrian party. She influenced her son to sympathize with the Protestant cause, and he came to have a great affection for his mother, closer than what was usually common during that age. She spent her last years at Crossen
, where she died.
Issue
- Louise Charlotte (1617–1676), married Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland
- Frederick William (1620–1688), the "Great Elector"
- Hedwig Sophia (1623–1683), married William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel(or Hesse-Cassel)
Ancestry
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References
- Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: Die Kurfürstinnen und Königinnen auf dem Throne der Hohenzollern, 2. Teil: Die letzten acht Kurfürstinnen, Berlin 1867, S. 182-220 (mit Portrait Elisabeth Charlottes von der Pfalz).
- Erdmannsdörfer: Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, S. 15 f.