Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken


Elizabeth, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg was the consort of Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Biography

Countess Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken was born in Meisenheim on 22 March 1642 to Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Anna Juliane of Nassau-Saarbrücken. She was a member of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a cadet branch of the House of Wittelsbach.
On 16 October 1667 she married Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg in Meisenheim, becoming the Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg. They had six children:
  1. Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
  2. Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, later Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.
  3. Sophie Juliane.
  4. John George.
  5. Christian.
  6. A son.
Elizabeth died during the birth of her sixth child, whom also died during the birth. She is buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St. Aegidien.