Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg
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Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651) was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel
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She was a daughter of Philipp Ludwig II 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 Year's War, as the guardian of her under age son William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
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Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...
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She was a daughter of Philipp Ludwig II of Hanau-Münzenberg
Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg
Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg , was one of the most notable counts of Hanau of the early modern period, his policies bringing about sweeping changes....
and Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau. She married in 1619 to landgrave William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William V of Hesse-Kassel was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in the Holy Roman Empire from 1627 to 1637....
. She was Regent of Hesse-Kassel from 1637 until 1650 during the Thirty Year's War, as the guardian of her under age son William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , known as William the Just, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1637 to 1663.-Life:...
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