Elisabeth Marie, Duchess of Oels
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Elisabeth Marie of Oels (11 May 1625, Oleśnica
– 17 March 1686, ibid.) was a member of the House of Poděbrady
and a regent
of the Duchy of Oels
.
(1593–1647) from his first marriage with Anna Sophia (1598–1641), daughter of Duke Frederick William I of Saxe-Weimar
.
On 1 May 1647 Mary Elizabeth married at Oels Duke Silvius Nimrod of Württemberg-Juliusburg
. Her father died later that month, on the 31st. He had been the last male member of the House of Poděbrady
and he had hoped he could pass the duchy to his daughter. Already in 1638, he had declared Oels to be a "women fief". Emperor Ferdinand III
, however, raised objections. In 1648, a compromise was reached: the Moravian dominion of Jevišovice
was ceded to the emperor and the emperor invested Sylvius Nimrod with the Duchy of Oels. The Poděbrady family retained the Moravian dominion of Šternberk; the Duchy of Münsterberg was declared vacant and fell back to the Emperor. The Emperor combined the coats of arms of Elizabeth Marie and Silvius Nimrod.
In 1652, Elizabeth Marie and Silvius Nimrod founded the Ducal Württemberg-Oelsian Order of the Skull.
After Silvius Nimrod died in 1664, Elizabeth Marie and Dukes Christian of Brieg and August of Legnica
acted jointly as regent for her four minor sons. When the older sons reached adulthood, they divided the duchy in 1672 and the following year Elisabeth Marie laid down the guardianship of her youngest son.
Olesnica
Oleśnica is a town in the Trzebnickie Hills in southwestern Poland with 36,951 inhabitants . It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
– 17 March 1686, ibid.) was a member of the House of Poděbrady
Podiebrad family
The Bohemian Poděbrady family was a noble family in Bohemia, arising from the Lords of Kunštát. After Boček of Kunštát had acquired the Lordship of Poděbrady by marriage, he called himself "Boček of Kunštát and Poděbrady". The best known member of the family was George of Poděbrady, who was...
and a regent
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
of the Duchy of Oels
Duchy of Oels
The Duchy of Oels or Duchy of Oleśnica was one of the duchies of Silesia, with the capital in Oleśnica, Poland.Initially part of the Piast Duchy of Wrocław, the Oleśnica area became part of the Duchy of Głogów in 1294, following an armed conflict between Duke Henry III and Henry V the Fat, Duke of...
.
Life
Elizabeth Marie was the only child of Duke Charles Frederick I of Münsterberg-OelsCharles Frederick I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Charles Frederick I of Münsterberg-Oels was Duke of Oels from 1617 to 1647 and Duke of Bernstadt from 1639 to 1647...
(1593–1647) from his first marriage with Anna Sophia (1598–1641), daughter of Duke Frederick William I of Saxe-Weimar
Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Frederick William I , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was the eldest son of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern.-Life:...
.
On 1 May 1647 Mary Elizabeth married at Oels Duke Silvius Nimrod of Württemberg-Juliusburg
Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels was the first Duke of Oels-Wuerttemberg.- Life :...
. Her father died later that month, on the 31st. He had been the last male member of the House of Poděbrady
Podiebrad family
The Bohemian Poděbrady family was a noble family in Bohemia, arising from the Lords of Kunštát. After Boček of Kunštát had acquired the Lordship of Poděbrady by marriage, he called himself "Boček of Kunštát and Poděbrady". The best known member of the family was George of Poděbrady, who was...
and he had hoped he could pass the duchy to his daughter. Already in 1638, he had declared Oels to be a "women fief". Emperor Ferdinand III
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand III was Holy Roman Emperor from 15 February 1637 until his death, as well as King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria.-Life:...
, however, raised objections. In 1648, a compromise was reached: the Moravian dominion of Jevišovice
Jevišovice
Jevišovice is a town in the Znojmo District, Czech Republic. Here live 1144 people. There are many sides e.g. Kostel svatého Josefa or Budova Komenia.-External links:*...
was ceded to the emperor and the emperor invested Sylvius Nimrod with the Duchy of Oels. The Poděbrady family retained the Moravian dominion of Šternberk; the Duchy of Münsterberg was declared vacant and fell back to the Emperor. The Emperor combined the coats of arms of Elizabeth Marie and Silvius Nimrod.
In 1652, Elizabeth Marie and Silvius Nimrod founded the Ducal Württemberg-Oelsian Order of the Skull.
After Silvius Nimrod died in 1664, Elizabeth Marie and Dukes Christian of Brieg and August of Legnica
August of Legnica
Count August of Legnica , was a member of the House of Piast.He was the ninth son of John Christian, Duke of Brzeg-Legnica-Wołów-Oława, but the first-born by his second wife Anna Hedwig of Sitzsch.-Life:...
acted jointly as regent for her four minor sons. When the older sons reached adulthood, they divided the duchy in 1672 and the following year Elisabeth Marie laid down the guardianship of her youngest son.
Issue
From her marriage, Elizabeth Marie had the following children:- Charles Ferdinand (1650–1669)
- Anna Sophia (1650–1669)
- Silvius II FrederickSilvius II Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-OelsDuke Silvius II Frederick of Wurttemberg-Oels was Duke of Württemberg-Oels from 1668 until his death.- Life :...
(1651–1697), Duke of Württemberg-Oels
- married in 1672 Eleonore Charlotte of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1656-1743)
- Christian Ulrich IChristian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-OelsDuke Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels was Duke of the Oels-Württemberg.- Descent :...
(1652–1704), Duke of Wurttemberg-BernstadtDuchy of BernstadtThe Duchy of Bernstadt was a Silesian duchy centred on the city of Bernstadt in Lower Silesia and formed by separation from the Duchy of Oels . It was first ruled by the Silesian Piasts dynasty, until its extinction in 1492. In 1495 it and the Duchy of Oels passed to the Dukes of Münsterberg,...
, married
- Christian Ulrich I
- firstly, in 1672, Anna Elisabeth of Anhalt-Bernburg (1647-1680)
- secondly, in 1683, Sybille Marie of Saxe-Merseburg (1667-1693)
- thirdly 1695 Sophie Wilhelmine of East Frisia (1659-1698)
- fourthly 1700 Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1662-1738)
- Julius Siegmund (1653–1684), Duke of Wurttemberg-Juliusburg
- married in 1677 Anna Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1647-1726)
- Kunigunde Juliana (1655-1655)
- Sylvius (1660-1660)