Ursula of Rosenfeld

Ursula of Rosenfeld (c. 1499 – 26 February 1538) was the second wife of Margrave Ernest of Baden-Durlach. All grand dukes of Baden descend from her, via her son Charles II.

Ursula of Rosenfeld
Bornc. 1499
Died(1538-02-26)26 February 1538
Spouse(s)Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
FatherWolf of Rosenfeld
MotherAnna Bombast of Hohenheim

Early life

Ursula was born c. 1499 as the youngest child of Wolf of Rosenfeld (d. 1518) and his wife, Anna Bombast of Hohenheim (1574), sister of Georg Bombast von Hohenheim (d. 1566), member of the Order of St. John, who served as grand prior of Germany. As her family was not part of the small circle of reigning families, they were considered lower nobility and therefore seen as not befitting enough for the marriage purpose with the sovereign family, such as with the House of Baden. Her father was Schultheiß of the town of Rosenfeld in the Duchy of Württemberg.[1] According to legend, the family lived in the stately "Ursula house", which dates to the early 15th century.[2]

Biography

Ursula was a lady-in-waiting of Margravine Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, the first wife of Margrave Ernest of Baden-Durlach. Elisabeth died on 31 May 1518. Soon afterwards, probably later in 1518, Ernest married Ursula. Although she was lower nobility, their marriage was not considered morganatic, because she became a Margravine by marriage. On her tomb stone, she is referred to as "the illustrious Lady Ursula, Margravine of Baden and Hochberg, wife of the illustrious Prince Lord Ernest, Margrave of Baden and Hochberg" (ILL. DNA VRSV=LA MARCHIONISSA / BADEN ET HOCHBERG ILLVSTRIS PRINCIPIS / DNI ERNESTI MARCHIONIS IN BADEN ET HOCHBERG CONIUNX).

Ursula died on 26 February 1538 and was buried in the castle church in Pforzheim. Ernest constructed a double tomb stone in the form of a sarcophagus in her honor in the choir of the castle church.[3]

Issue

According to the chronicle, Ernest and Ursula had "many children". Accurate lists of their children have not survived. Three children are known to be hers:

Footnotes
  1. Hansmartin Decker-Hauff: Die Ahnenprobe der Markgräfin Ursula von Baden, in: Neues Jahrbuch der Heraldisch-Genealogischen Gesellschaft „Adler“, vol. 1 1945/46, p. 113-131
  2. "Stadt Rosenfeld: Rosenfeld". www.rosenfeld.de. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. Die Kunstdenkmäler Badens, vol. 9/6: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Pforzheim, Karlsruhe 1939, p. 171 ff
  4. see Property, p.76
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-18. Retrieved 2012-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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