Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

Amalie Elisabeth

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 page is a translation of its German equivalent.

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

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Name	Hanau-Munzenberg, Amalie Elisabeth Of
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Date of birth	1602
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Date of death	1651
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