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Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
German noble · Lived 1466 to 1523 · aged 57
Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg, German: Elisabeth Landgräfin von Hessen-Marburg, was a landgravine from the House of Hesse-Marburg and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Siegen.
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The city of Katzenelnbogen. Engraving by Matthäus Merian from the Topographia Hassiae, 1655.
Design drawing by Bernard van Orley for the eighth tapestry in the series containing the genealogy of the House of Nassau, c. 1528-1530. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München. Does this drawing depict John V and his wife Elisabeth? Or their son Henry III and his three wives?
Count Henry III of Nassau-Breda. Portrait by Jan Gossaert, 1530-1532. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Mencía de Mendoza. Portrait by Jan Gossaerts, 1500-1550. Musée Condé, Chantilly, Oise.About this person
She was heiress to the County of Katzenelnbogen, which after her brother's death was claimed both by her and the Landgraviate of Hesse. The legal dispute for the County of Katzenelnbogen between the House of Nassau and the House of Hesse lasted until well after her death and is known as the Katzenelnbogische Erbfolgestreit.