Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst
| Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst | |
|---|---|
 Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg | |
| Spouse(s) | Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg |
| Noble family | House of Ascania |
| Father | Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst |
| Mother | Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Born |
10 November 1608 Zerbst |
| Died |
2 November 1681 (aged 72) Østerholm Castle on Als |
Eleonore of Anhalt-Zerbst (10 November 1608, in Zerbst – 2 November 1681, in Østerholm Castle, Als) was a member of the House of Ascania and a princess of the Anhalt-Zerbst by births and by marriage Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg.
Life
Eleanor was a daughter of Prince Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576-1621) from his first marriage to Dorothea Hedwig (1587-1609), daughter of Duke Heinrich Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
She married on 15 February 1632 in Norburg with Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg (1581-1658). She was his second wife. The ducal court in Nordborg had meager financial resources and Eleanor's children had to seek a career elsewhere.[1] The theologian Christoph Wilhelm Megander acted as her confessor from 1653 onwards. During the reign of her step-son John Bogislaw, the duchy experienced a bankruptcy and the fief was terminated by Denmark.
Eleanor died in 1681 on her widow's seat Østerholm Castle on Als[2] and was buried beside her husband.[3]
Issue
From her marriage Eleanor had the following children:
- Unnamed child (1633-1633)
- Elisabeth Juliane (1634-1704)
- married in 1656 Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633-1714)
- Dorothea Hedwig, abbess of Gandersheim Abbey from 1665 to 1678
- married in 1678 Count Christopher of Rantzau-Hohenfeld (1625-1696)
- Christian Augustus (1639-1687), English admiral
- Louise Amöna (1642-1685)
- married in 1665 Count John Frederick I of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen (1617-1702)
- Rudolph Frederick (1645-1688)
- married in 1680 Countess Bibiane of Promnitz (1649-1685)
See also
References
- August B. Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberger: Einleitung zu einer volständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser in Teutschland, Meyer, 1760, p. 587
- Hans Nicolai Andreas Jensen: Versuch einer kirchlichen Statistik des Herzogthums Schleswig, vol. 2, Kastrup, 1841, p. 1636
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedrich Buelau: Geheime Geschichten und räthselhafte Menschen, Sammlung verborgener oder vergessener Merkwürdigkeiten, 1855, p. 454
- ↑ Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte: Archiv für Staats- und Kirchengeschichte der Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg und der angrenzenden Länder und Städte, vol. 4, Verlag D.C.C. Schwers Wittwe, 1840, p. 312
- ↑ W. Lesser: Topographie des Herzogthums Schleswig, vol. 1-2, C. Schröder & Comp., 1853, p. 113