Eleonore of Fürstenberg
Deceased Person
1523 –
Who is Eleonore of Fürstenberg?
Eleonore of Fürstenberg was a daughter of Count Frederick III of Fürstenberg. Eleanore was a convinced Protestant. However, she had little influence on the change of denomination in Hanau-Lichtenberg, due to her untimely death.
On 22 August 1538 in Heiligenberg, she married Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg. They had the following children:
Amalie
Philip V
Anna Sibylle, married to Louis of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
Johanna, married to Wolfgang of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg, divorced in 1573
Eleanor, married to Albert of Hohenlohe
She died in childbirth in 1544, only 21 years old, and was buried in the Abbey of St. Adelphi in Neuwiller-lès-Saverne.
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- Oct 11, 1523
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on July 23, 2013
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