Magdalene of Lippe

Magdalena of Lippe
Magdalena of Lippe
Born	25 February 1552; Detmold
Died	26 February 1587 (aged 35); Darmstadt
Noble family	House of Lippe
Spouse(s)	George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
	Issue Philip; Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; Christine; Elizabeth; Mary; Philip; Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach; Anne; Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg; Madeleine; John
Father	Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe
Mother	Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Magdalena of Lippe (25 February 1552, Detmold – 26 February 1587, Darmstadt) was a German noblewoman. She was a Countess of Lippe by birth. By her marriage to George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt she was the first Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Life

Magdalena was the daughter of Count Bernhard VIII of Lippe (1527–1563) from his marriage to Catherine (1524–1583), daughter of Count Philip III of Waldeck-Eisenberg. After her father's death, she moved to the court of Landgrave William IV of Hesse-Kassel, where she was regarded as a natural beauty. Here, she met George. She married him on 17 August 1572. William paid the expenses of the marriage. The marriage was a happy one. Magdalena was regarded as so virtuous, pious and benevolent, that she was sometimes compared to Saint Elisabeth. She even wrote a prayer book for her children. Magdalena and her husband laid the groundwork for the State and University library of Hesse.

She died in 1587, after 15 years of marriage, at the age of 35. She died after the birth of her last child. She was buried in the choir of the city church of Darmstadt. Her famous epitaph can still be found behind the high altar. It was dedicated to her by her husband in 1589.

Issue

Magdalena and George had ten children, of whom three sons and three daughters reached adulthood:

Philip William (1576–1576), Hereditary prince
Louis V (1577–1626), Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

married in 1598 princess Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582–1616)

Christine (1578–1596)

married in 1595 Count Frederick Magnus of Erbach (1575–1618)

Elisabeth (1579–1655)

married in 1601 Count John Casimir of Nassau-Weilburg-Gleiberg (1577–1602)

Marie Hedwig (1580–1582)
Philip III (1581–1643), Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach

married firstly, in 1610, Countess Anna Margarethe of Diepholz (1580–1629)

married secondly, in 1632, Countess Christine Sophie of East Frisia (1600–1658)

Anna (1583–1631)

married in 1601 Count Albert Otto of Solms-Laubach (1576–1610)

Frederick I (1585–1638), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

married in 1622 Countess Margarethe of Leiningen-Westerburg (1604–1667)

Magdalene (1586–1586)
John (1587–1587)

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References

External links

Marek, Miroslav. "genealogy.euweb.cz". Genealogy EU.

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