Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
Spouse(s) William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Noble family House of Hanau
Father Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg
Mother Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau
Born 29 January 1602(1602-01-29)
Hanau
Died 8 August 1651(1651-08-08) (aged 49)
Kassel

Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651) was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel.

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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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
House of Hanau
Born: 29 January 1602 Died: 8 August 1651
Vacant
Title last held by
Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg
Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
1627–21 September 1637
Vacant
Title next held by
Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg