How to Pronounce Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
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Jan 29, 1602 Hanau, Hesse, Germany Died on 08 Aug 1651 (aged 49)
Regent of Hesse-Kassel
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About Countess Amalie Elisabeth Of Hanau Münzenberg
- Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651) was Landgravine consort and Regent of Hesse-Kassel.
- She married the future William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1619.
- Upon her husband's death in 1637, she became regent for their son William VI.
- Through skillful diplomacy and military successes in the Thirty Years' War, she advanced the fortunes of Hesse-Kassel and handed over an enlarged landgraviate to her son upon his majority in 1650.
- However, her health was ruined by the war, and she died in 1651.
