Elisabeth Johanna of Veldenz
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Johanna of Veldenz (22 February 1653 in Lauterecken – 5 February 1718 in Mörchingen), was a Countess Palatine of Veldenz by birth and by marriage Wald- and Rhinegravine of Salm-Kyrburg.
Elisabeth Johanna of Veldenz | |
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 Coat-of-arms of Palatinate-Veldenz. | |
| Born | 22 February 1653 Lauterecken |
| Died | 5 February 1718 (aged 64) Mörchingen |
| Buried | Diemeringen |
| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| Spouse(s) | John XI of Salm-Kyrburg |
| Father | Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz |
| Mother | Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
Life
Elisabeth Johanna was a daughter of Count Palatine Leopold Louis of Veldenz (1625-1694) and his wife Agatha Christine (1632-1681), the daughter of Count Philip Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
She married on 27 December 1669 to Wild- and Rhinegrave John XI of Salm-Kyrburg (1635-1688). The marriage remained childless. After John's death in 1689, Elisabeth Johanna received Mörchingen Castle and the Lordships of Diemeringen and Helfingen[1] as her Wittum. After Elisabeth Johanna's death, the County of Mörchingen was claimed by the female descendants of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and George Frederick, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg. In 1729, a Lotharingian court ruled in their favour[2]
References
- Winfried Dotzauer: Geschichte des Nahe-Hunsrück-Raumes von den Anfängen bis zur Französischen Revolution, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 2001, ISBN 3-515-07878-9, p. 364
Footnotes
- The Lordship of Helfingen consisted of Château d'Helfedange in Guinglange and several adjacent villages
- Emanuel Prinz zu Salm-Salm: Die Entstehung des fürstlich Salm-Salm’schen Fideikommisses unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der vor den höchsten Reichsgerichten geführten Prozesse bis zum Pariser Brüdervergleich vom 5. Juli 1771, thesis, Münster, 1996, ISBN 3-8258-2605-8, p. 220 Online