Emilia Secunda of Antwerp Oranskaya-Nassau (December 9, 1581, Antwerp - September 28, 1651, Rhineland-Palatinate ) is the sixth and youngest daughter of William I of Orange and his third wife Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier .
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Biography
Emilia received the nickname Second (Second), which made it possible to distinguish her from Emilia's older half-sister. Later, her name was simply Amalia. Emilia spent her childhood at the court in The Hague and Delft under the supervision of her stepmother Louise de Coligny.
After her sister Louise Juliana married the Elector of the Palatinate Frederick IV in 1593, she went with her to Heidelberg .
On July 4, 1616, Emilia Antwerpian married Friedrich Casimir of the Palatinate-Landsberg (1585-1645). The couple had three sons:
- Friedrich (1617), died a day after birth
- Friedrich Ludwig (1619–1681), from 1645 he was married to Maria Magdalen of the Palatinate-Zweibrucken (1621–1672), daughter of the Palatine Johann II of Zweibrucken
- Karl Heinrich (1622-1623), died in childhood
In 1622, the couple fled from Tilly's imperial troops to Montfort Castle near Montigny-Montfort in Burgundy , which went to Emilia as part of her father's possessions.
In subsequent years, in Montfort, she had to overcome serious financial problems. In the years 1633-1634 she negotiated with her five sisters and half-brother Frederick Heinrich over his father's inheritance. In 1638, Frederick Henry paid with his sisters. Unhappy with the amount received, she continued negotiations with Frederick Henry and corresponded with him for years, demanding more. In addition, in Paris, Emilia had to participate in the process of settling the claims of French relatives regarding the inheritance of the House of Chalons , including the counties of Montfort and Sharney.
After the protest of the city of Antwerp, Friedrich Henry again paid Emilia a certain amount, but in a letter from 1648 she again assured that she was in deep need. Having been widowed since 1645, she spent the last years of her life mainly in the castle of Montfort, her widow's inheritance.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1031331395 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Literature
- Olaf Mörke: Wilhelm von Oranien (1533–1584). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007.