Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born	(1634-01-07)7 January 1634 Darmstadt
Died	7 October 1663(1663-10-07) (aged 29) Bingenheim, now part of Echzell
Noble family	House of Hesse
Spouse(s)	William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Father	George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (7 January 1634 in Darmstadt – 7 October 1663 in Bingenheim, now part of Echzell), was Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg.

She was a daughter of Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605–1661) from his marriage to Sophia Eleonore (1609–1671), the daughter of Elector John George I of Saxony.

Life[]

In Darmstadt on 21 April 1650 Sophia Eleonore married to her cousin, Landgrave William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg (1625–1681). On the occasion of her wedding, her father gave her the district and castle of . William Christoph preferred Bingenheim to his castle in Homburg, so the family mostly lived in Bingenheim and William Christoph was sometimes called the Landgrave of Hesse-Bingenheim. Her father had promised that her male descendants would be allowed to keep Bingenheim after her death, however, only two daughters survived their father. This led to a dispute between Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Homburg about the ownership of Bingenheim, which was finally settled by Elisabeth Dorothea, who was acting as regent of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Issue[]

Sophia Eleonore gave birth 13 children, but only 4 survived infancy:^[1]

• Frederick, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (Darmstadt, 12 March 1651 – Homburg v.d.Höhe, 27 July 1651).
• Christine Wilhelmine (Bingenheim, 30 June 1653 – Grabow, 16 May 1722), married Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow.
• Leopold George, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (Bingenheim, 25 October 1654 – Schloss Gravenstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 26 February 1675), died unmarried.
• Frederick (Bingenheim, 5 September 1655 – Bingenheim, 6 September 1655).
• William (Bingenheim, 13 August 1656 – Bingenheim, 4 September 1656).
• Anna Catherina Homberg (23 June 1657-1718), married Martinus Simon
• Charles William (Bingenheim, 6 May 1658 – Bingenheim, 13 December 1658).
• Philipp (Bingenheim, 20 June 1659 – Bingenheim, 6 October 1659).
• Magdalene Sophie (Bingenheim, 24 April 1660 – Braunfels, 22 March 1720), married William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels; among their children: Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels and Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.
• Stillborn son (7 June 1661).
• Frederick William (Bingenheim, 29 November 1662 – Homburg, 5 March 1663).
• Stillborn son (7 October 1663).

She died in Bingenheim aged 29, following complications in her last childbirth.

Notes[]

References[]

• Johann I. von Gerning: Die Lahn- und Main-Gegenden von Embs bis Frankfurt, p. 148, Online

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