Links:

The Perrage: http://thepeerage.com/p308.htm#i3071

Geneall: http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=3084

Wikipedia:

English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Hesse

Deutsch: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_von_Hessen_(1539%E2%80%931582)

-------------------- Elisabeth of Hesse

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For other uses, see Elisabeth of Hesse (disambiguation).

Elisabeth of Hesse (13 February 1539 – 14 March 1582) was a German noblewoman.

She was a daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and Christine of Saxony, daughter of George, Duke of Saxony.

On 8 July 1560 she married Louis VI, Elector Palatine. They had the following children:

Anna Marie (1561-1589), married Charles IX of Sweden

Elisabeth (15 June - 2 November 1562)

Dorothea Elisabeth (12 January - 7 March 1565)

Dorothea (1566-1567)

Frederick Philip (19 October 1567 – 14 November 1568)

Johann Friedrich (died within a month of birth)

Ludwig (died within three months of birth)

Katharina (1572-1586)

Christine (1573-1619)

Frederick (1574-1610), succeeded as Elector Palatine

Philip (4 May 1575 - 9 August 1575)

Elisabeth (1576-1577)

[edit]Genetics

As a matrilineal relative of Elisabeth of Luxembourg and ultimately of Nicholas II of Russia, she and all her female-line descendants are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.