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Another charming medieval town on the Lahn river, Marburg is dominated by 2 impressive landmarks: Marburg Castle and St. Elizabeth's Church. Build in the 11th century, Marburger Schloss (Marburg castle) had many uses over the years: fortified castle, garrison, residence, prison, archive and lately as Museum of Cultural History.
Marburg, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Hesse, Germany) Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism: Canonized: 27 May 1235 [1] [2] [3], Perugia, Italy by Pope Gregory IX: Major shrine: St Elisabeth Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia St. Elizabeth Church, Marburg, Germany: Feast: 17 November
In 1569 Philip married Anna Elisabeth of Palatinate-Simmern, thereby becoming the son-in-law of the Elector Frederick III, one of the leaders of Calvinism. Philip died on 30 November 1583 on castle Rheinfels. As his marriage had remained childless, his territory fell to his elder brother Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).
Historical Society of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Archive for Hessian History and Archaeology, volume 11, privately published by the Historical Society for the Grand Duchy of Hesse, 1867, p. 141 ff Pauline Puppel: The Regent: guardianship rule in Hessen 1500-1700 , Campus Verlag, 2004, p. 158 ff
Landgravine Elisabeth Juliana Francisca of Hesse-Homburg (6 January 1681 – 12 November 1707), German: Elisabeth Juliana Franziska Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg, official titles: Landgräfin zu Hessen, Fürstin zu Hersfeld, Gräfin zu Katzenelnbogen, Diez, Ziegenhain, Nidda, Schaumburg, Isenburg und Büdingen, was a landgravine from the House of Hesse-Homburg and through marriage Fürstin of ...
Landgrave Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg (27 May 1537 – 9 October 1604) was the son of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and his wife Christine of Saxony. After the death of his father in 1567, Hesse was divided among his sons and Louis received Hesse-Marburg (Upper Hesse) including Marburg and Giessen .
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
