Christiane of Erbach

Christiane of Erbach
Countess Consort of Nassau-Siegen
Coat of arms
Full name
Christiane Countess of Erbach
Native nameChristiane Gräfin zu Erbach
Born(1596-06-05)5 June 1596
Died6 July 1646(1646-07-06) (aged 50)
Culemborg
BuriedHeusden
Noble familyHouse of Erbach [de]
Spouse(s)William of Nassau-Siegen
Issue
Detail
FatherGeorge III of Erbach
MotherMary of Barby and Mühlingen

Countess Christiane of Erbach (5 June 1596 – 6 July 1646), German: Christiane Gräfin zu Erbach, was a countess from the House of Erbach [de] and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Siegen.

Biography[edit]

Count William of Nassau-Siegen (1592–1642), Christiane's husband. Studio of Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn, c. 1620–1630. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Christiane was born on 5 June 1596 as the daughter of Count George III of Erbach (15 July 1548 – 26 February 1605) and Countess Mary of Barby and Mühlingen (8 April 1563 – 29 December 1619).[1][2][3][4] She married at Siegen Castle [de][5] on 17 January 1619[1][note 1] to Count William of Nassau-Siegen (Dillenburg, 13 August 1592[1][note 2] – Orsoy, 7/17 July 1642[1][note 3]), the fifth son of Count John VII the Middle of Nassau-Siegen and his first wife, Countess Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen.[1][2][3][7] Christiane's older half-brother from her mother's side, Count Christian of Waldeck-Wildungen, was married in November 1604 to Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen, William's eldest sister.[8]

After the end of the Twelve Years' Truce in 1621, William entered the service of the Dutch States Army,[2][9][10] where he was appointed colonel of the infantry on 24 July 1622.[2] On 13/23 January 1624, Count John VIII the Younger of Nassau-Siegen voluntarily ceded the sovereignty over the Hilchenbach district with Ginsburg Castle [de] and some villages belonging to the Ferndorf [de] and Netphen districts, to his younger brother William.[11][12] Henceforth the county of Nassau-Siegen had two governments, one in Siegen, the other in Hilchenbach.[11] Christiane and William lived in Siegen until 1625.[13] In 1625 William became governor of Emmerich[2] and from 1626 to 1637 he was governor of Heusden.[2][3][9] In April 1633 he was appointed field marshal as successor of his uncle Count Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Diez.[14] In 1637 William became governor of Sluis.[2][3] On 17 June 1638 he suffered a considerable loss of 2,000 men, including his son Maurice Frederick, in the Battle of Calloo.[10][15][16] William died at Orsoy on 7/17 July 1642[1] and was buried at Heusden on 24 July 1642.[2] He left his part of the county of Nassau-Siegen to his half-brother John Maurice.[6][17][18] As field marshal of the Dutch States Army, he was succeeded by his brother-in-law Johan Wolfert van Brederode [nl].[16][19]

Count William Frederick of Nassau-Diez, the stadtholder of Friesland, noted in June 1645 in his diary that Christiane's youngest daughter, sixteen-year-old Wilhelmine Christine, was the favourite girlfriend of Prince William II of Orange, "die hij zoo dicwils custe als hij woude, alleen sijnde, en de borstjes tastede" ("whom he kissed as much as he wished, being alone, and touching the breasts"). William II had to promise Wilhelmine Christine "sich deechlijck te hauden" ("to stay decent"), but the consequence of this intimacy was that Christiane did not want her daughter to be alone with Prince William, "doch dat sie het allebeide sochten" ("but that they both sought it").[20] When Christiane came in "maeckte prins Wilhelm den slaepert" ("Prince William sneaked out").[21]

Christiane died in Culemborg on 6 July 1646.[1][note 4][2][3][4] She was buried in Heusden.[2]

Issue[edit]

From the marriage of Christiane and William, the following children were born:[4][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

  1. John William (Siegen Castle, 28 October 1619[note 5] – Siegen Castle, 25 August 1623Jul.[note 6]).
  2. Maurice Frederick (Siegen Castle, 19 January 1621[note 7] – Calloo, 17 June 1638), was a captain in the Dutch States Army, was killed in the Battle of Calloo.
  3. Mary Magdalene (Siegen Castle, 21 October 1622[note 8] – Spa, 20/30 August 1647[note 9]), married in Culemborg on 25 August 1639 to Count Philip Theodore of Waldeck-Eisenberg (2 November 1614 – Korbach, 7 December 1645).
  4. Ernestine Juliane (Siegen, 17/27 July 1624 – Heusden, 9 July 1634).[note 10]
  5. Elisabeth Charlotte (Emmerich, 11 March 1626[note 11] – Culemborg, 16 November 1694Jul.[note 12]), married in Culemborg on 29 November/9 December 1643[note 13] to Fürst George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg (Arolsen, 31 January 1620Jul. – Arolsen, 9 November 1692Jul.).
  6. Hollandine (Heusden, 2 March 1628[note 14] – Heusden, 14 October 1629[note 15]).
  7. Wilhelmine Christine (1629[note 16] – Hildburghausen, 22 January 1700[note 17]), married at Arolsen Castle on 26 January 1660[note 18] to Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen (Wildungen, 31 July 1636 – Kandia, 8 August 1669).

One of the daughters from this marriage was engaged to Count Crato of Nassau-Saarbrücken.[32]

Known descendants[edit]

Christiane has several known descendants. Among them are:

Ancestors[edit]

Ancestors of Christiane of Erbach[36][37][38]
Great-great-grandparents George I of Erbach
(1440–1481)
⚭ 1472
Cordula of Fraunberg
(d. 1501) 		Michael II of Wertheim
(d. 1531)
⚭
Barbara of Eberstein
(d. 1529) 		John VI of Salm-Dhaun
(1461–1499)
⚭ 1480
Joanne of Moers-Saarwerden
(1464–1510) 		Ferdinand of Neufchatel
(1452–1522)
⚭ 1485
Claude de Vergy
(1465–1512) 		Burchard of Barby and Mühlingen
(1454–1505)
⚭ 1482
Magdalene of Mecklenburg
(d. 1532) 		Gebhard VII of Mansfeld-Hinterort
(1478–1558)
⚭ 1510
Margaretha of Gleichen
(c. 1495–1567) 		Ernest I of Anhalt-Zerbst
(d. 1516)
⚭ 1494
Margaret of Münsterberg
(1473–1530) 		Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg
(1484–1535)
⚭ 1502
Elisabeth of Denmark
(1485–1555)
Great-grandparents Eberhard XI of Erbach
(1475–1539)
⚭ 1503
Mary of Wertheim
(1485–1553) 		Philip of Salm-Dhaun
(1492–1521)
⚭ 1514
Antoinette of Neufchatel
(1496–1544) 		Wolfgang of Barby and Mühlingen
(1502–1564)
⚭ 1526
Agnes of Mansfeld-Hinterort
(1511–1558) 		John V of Anhalt-Zerbst
(1504–1551)
⚭ 1534
Margaret of Brandenburg
(1511–1577)
Grandparents Eberhard XII of Erbach
(1511–1564)
⚭ 1538
Margaret of Salm-Dhaun
(1521–1576) 		Albrecht X of Barby and Mühlingen
(1534–1588)
⚭ 1559
Mary of Anhalt-Zerbst
(1538–1563)
Parents George III of Erbach
(1548–1605)
⚭ 1592
Mary of Barby and Mühlingen
(1563–1619)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "The marriage is said to have taken place on 20-8-1616, according to Europäische Stammtafeln. Dek (1970) is closer to the truth when he puts forward the date of 16-1-1619 (without place). It is in fact on 17-1-1619 that the ceremony on the occasion of the baptism of John Ernest was celebrated, which had taken place on 10-1, old style, in Siegen (see State Archives Wiesbaden 170III: Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Diez answers to his brother John the Middle of Nassau-Siegen about the marriage that followed the recent baptism in Siegen «auf nächstabgewichener Kindstauf zu Siegen mit dem Fraulein zu Erbach sein hochzeitliches Beilager gehalten»). See also Royal House Archive of the Netherlands (4/1591 II): John the Middle writes on 2‑1‑1619 in Siegen to his daughter Juliane with the request to arrive on the evening of the 16th to attend William's wedding on the 17th. On 3-1-1619, William personally requests the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel to arrive on the 16th in the evening to attend his wedding that would take place «den 17 dieses allhier». It is the marriage contract that was signed on the 16th, in Siegen."[6]
  2. ^ "Europäische Stammtafeln says he was born on 12-8-1592, a date confirmed by Dek (1970), with mention of the place of birth. But a notification from the father sent from Siegen of 24 August 1592 (see State Archives Wiesbaden 170III, Korrespondenzen) indicates the date «13 hujus»."[6]
  3. ^ "See Menk (1967), p. 57. The author establishes that the death took place in Orsoy (Lower Rhine) on Thursday 7/17 July 1642, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, and bases himself on the documents found in the Royal House Archive of the Netherlands (IV, 1444): a notification addressed to the widow from Orsoy on 7/17 July 1642 («heute den 7/17 disses …») and an death announcement from a priest from Kampen («Donnerstag, den 7/17 juli 1642 zwischen 1 u. 2 Uhr nachmittags zu Orsoy …»)."[6]
  4. ^ "See Dek (1962). On the other hand, her daughter Mary Magdalene reports from Culemborg on 9-7-1646 that the death took place «auf den 1 huius des Vormittags um zehn Uhr»."[6]
  5. ^ "Europäische Stammtafeln and Dek (1970) write that he was born on 23-1-1620, which is absolutely incorrect: see State Archives Marburg 115, 2, 340, a notification addressed to the brother from Siegen on 29-10-1619: «diese vergangene Nacht». A document attached to his death notification also confirms this: «gebohren den 28ten 8ber intra 9 et 10»."[13]
  6. ^ "See State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2). A notification dated Siegen 25-8-1623 announces the death «gestrigen Sonntags (or Montags, the first letter, corrected, is illegible) zu morgen», which does not seem to correspond to the statement of the genealogists (Europäische Stammtafeln, Dek (1970), etc.) which indicate that he died on the 25th. But attached to this notification is a document stating that the child died on 25 August «intra 4 et 5». Therefore, it must be assumed that the author of the notification made a mistake, which he tried to correct by changing one letter of the word, as mentioned above. Since it is a Sunday or a Monday on the one hand, and 25-8 on the other, only the date Monday 25-8-1623 old style is acceptable. According to the new style, 25-8 fell on a Friday and 24 on a Thursday."[13]
  7. ^ "Dek (1970) and Europäische Stammtafeln give the date 20-1, but a notification of the birth (see State Archives Marburg 115, 2, 340) dated Siegen 19-1-1621 mentions that the birth took place «heute dato»."[13]
  8. ^ "Born on the 26th in Europäische Stammtafeln and Dek (1970), but a notification of birth, dated Siegen 1-11-1622, says: «jüngsthin den 21. abgelaufenen Monats 8bris». The place of birth must therefore be Siegen, where the parents lived until 1625 (see Menk (1967)). The inscription on the coffin reads: «nata XX Octobris MDCXXII ad fontes spadanos» (i.e. Spa, sic!). See Leiss (1928), p. 108."[13]
  9. ^ "See State Archives Wiesbaden (130II 7826), notification of death, Spa 20/30‑8‑1647: «heut früe umb halbvier Uhr, alhir zu Spa»."[13]
  10. ^ "This young countess is not mentioned in any printed genealogy. However, she is mentioned in a handwritten family tree, which is kept in the Royal House Archive of the Netherlands. The places and dates mentioned are confirmed by official notifications (see State Archives Marburg 115, 2, 340). In the notification of the birth, sent from Siegen on 23-7-1624, it says that the event took place «Samssdagth den 17/27 hujus»."[29]
  11. ^ "Born on 11-2-1626 at Europäische Stammtafeln I, 117; on 8-2-1626 at Europäische Stammtafeln I, 139 and on 11-3-1626 at Dek (1970). The latter date is confirmed by a notification preserved in the State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2) and dated Emmerik 12-3-1626: «gestriges tagks umb zwo Uhren vormittags»."[30]
  12. ^ "See State Archives Wiesbaden (130II 2183): notification of death «allhier den 16. dieses früh morgens zwischen 3 und 4 Uhr». The notification is dated Culemborg, unfortunately the date of dispatch is difficult to read: 10/20 or 18/28, making it impossible to establish the style of the death date with certainty. Hoffmeister (1883) wrongly claims it is the new style. There is in fact another notification (kept in the State Archives Karlsruhe Abt. 47 Nr. 1410) dated Culemborg 18-11 and stating that the Fürstin died «den 16/26 dieses früh morgens zw. 3 u. 4 Uhr». Therefore, it is 16 o.s."[30]
  13. ^ "See State Archives Wiesbaden (170III), invitation from Culemborg 24-11-1643 for the wedding that will be celebrated «nächtskommenden Mittwoch den 29 November alten Kalenders auf meinem Hause». See the princely archives in Schloss Wittgenstein, F. 320 III, notification dated Culemborg 4-12-1643: «am verschienen Mittwoch 29. Novemberbris»."[30]
  14. ^ "See Dek (1962), pp. 83 and 118 (with reproduction of the notification of birth). See also notification of birth in State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2)."[30] Strangely enough, Dek (1968), p. 276 and Dek (1970), p. 88 mention the date 6 March 1628.
  15. ^ "See notification of death in State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2)."[30]
  16. ^ "She was certainly not born in 1625, as Europäische Stammtafeln claims. She was baptised in Heusden on 10-6-1629 and probably born there. However, it should be noted that William of Nassau-Siegen notified the birth of his daughter on 31-5-1629 from Ortheim (See: State Archives Wiesbaden 170III)."[30]
  17. ^ "Died on 21-1-1700 according to Europäische Stammtafeln I, 117; on 22-1-1707 according to Europäische Stammtafeln I, 139 and Hoffmeister (1883), confirmed by Dek (1970), with Saalfeld as place of death. But the death does not occur in the parish registers of Saalfeld, neither in January 1700 nor in January 1707. Saalfeld must be excluded as a possible place of death. Waldeckischer Helden – und Regenten – Saal, a manuscript written in 1737 by the Geheimrat August von Klettenburg and preserved in the State Archives Marburg, mentions that the Fürstin died at Cuylenborg in Holland on 21-1-1700. It is possible that she was mistaken for her sister-in-law Juliane Elisabeth, who was called «Gräfin Cülenborg» and died in 1707, which seems to be a cause of the mistake for some authors who, as we have seen, have the Fürstin die in that year. Finally, in the book Bau und Kunstdenkmäler, Kreis der Eder is claimed that she died in Altwillungen Castle. None of these claims are true. The death certificate can be found in the parish registry of Hildburghausen, Stadtkirche, part I, p. 475 R, year 1700: «Die Hochgeb. Gräfin u. Frau Wilhelmine Christina Verwittibte Gräfin zu Waldeck Wildungen, gebohrene Gräfin zu Nassau usw. wird aus diesem Hochfürstl. Residence Schlosse, den 22. January seelig Entschlafen, den 27, abendts umb 7 Uhr in Hochansehentlichen Leichenprocess von hier auf bis vors thor Begleithet, und so ferner auf Saaltfeld gebracht worden.»"[30]
  18. ^ "Dek (1970): married in Helsen, suburb of Arolsen 26-1-1660. This is a misinterpretation of the marriage certificate. One does indeed find in the Helsen parish records, the marriage certificate, but in this one it says: «1660 den 26 Januar ist der Hochgeborene Graff und Herr, Herr Josias Graff zu Waldeck u. Piermont … mit der Hochgebohrenen Gräfinnen Frewlein Wilhelmine Christina, Frewlein von Nassau, Catzenelnbogen, Vianden u. Diez, uff Arolsen abends umb 7 Uhren copulirt worden». One finds the date 26‑1‑1659 in Europäische Stammtafeln I, 117."[31]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dek (1970), p. 87.
  3. ^ a b c d e Dek (1968), p. 249.
  4. ^ a b c Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 117.
  5. ^ Aβmann & Menk (1996).
  6. ^ a b c d e Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 250.
  7. ^ Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 116.
  8. ^ Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 233.
  9. ^ a b Lück (1981), p. 100.
  10. ^ a b Blok (1911), p. 1572.
  11. ^ a b Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 247.
  12. ^ Huberty, et al. (1981), pp. 249–250.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 288.
  14. ^ Koenhein & Heniger (1999), p. 23.
  15. ^ Muller (1898), p. 133.
  16. ^ a b Van der Aa (1877), p. 270.
  17. ^ Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 252.
  18. ^ Lück (1981), p. 130.
  19. ^ Koenhein & Heniger (1999), p. 27.
  20. ^ Kooijmans (2000), p. 48.
  21. ^ Kooijmans (2000), p. 284.
  22. ^ Huberty, et al. (1981), pp. 272–273.
  23. ^ Dek (1970), pp. 87–88.
  24. ^ Dek (1968), p. 276.
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Christiane of Erbach
Born: 5 June 1596 Died: 6 July 1646
Regnal titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 		Countess Consort of Nassau-Siegen (Protestant branch)
13/23 January 1624 – 7/17 July 1642 		Vacant
Title next held by
Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg
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