Sibylle of Baden
Sybille of Baden | |
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Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |
![]() Grave stone of Sibylle in the City Church of St. Nicholas in Babenhausen | |
Born | 26 April 1485 |
Died | 10 July 1518 Willstätt | (aged 33)
Buried | City Church of St. Nicholas in Babenhausen |
Noble family | House of Zähringen |
Spouse(s) | Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
Father | Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden |
Mother | Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen |
Sibylle of Baden (26 April 1485 – 10 July 1518 in Willstätt) was a Margravine of Baden by birth and by marriage, Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg. She was a daughter of Margrave Christoph I of Baden and his wife, Countess Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen, the daughter of Philip the Younger of Katzenelnbogen and thus a granddaughter of Philipp I, Count of Katzenelnbogen.
Marriage and issue
[edit]Sibylle married on 24 January 1505 to Count Philipp III of Hanau-Lichtenberg (18 October 1482 – 15 May 1538). She brought a dowry of 5000 guilders into the marriage. They had six children:
- Johanna (1507[1] – 27 January 1572 at Eberstein Castle in Gernsbach), married on 6 November 1522 to Count Wilhelm IV of Eberstein (3 May 1497 – 1 July 1562).
- Christophora (1509 – 7 March 1582), a nun in Marienborn Abbey from November 1526, and later the last abbess there.
- Amalie (1512 – 5 February 1578), also a nun in Marienborn Abbey from November 1526.
- Felicitas (5 March 1513 – November 1513).[2]
- Philipp IV (20 October 1514 – 19 February 1590), Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
- Felicitas (1516 – 27 August 1551), also a nun in Marienborn Abbey from November 1526.
Altar in Babenhausen
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By 1513, Sibylle had given birth to four daughters, but no son. She vowed that she would donate an altar if she had a son. In 1514, Philipp was born and Sibylle donated a high altar to the City Church of St. Nicholas in Babenhausen. This altar is considered a major work of art from the Middle Rhine area in this period (artist unknown). With this artist, Sibylle created a monument to herself and her relatives. The left wing of the altar depicts, among other people, her great-uncle, the blessed Bernard II, who was famous for his pious life and was beatified in the 18th century.
Death
[edit]Sibylle died on 10 July 1518 and was buried in the family crypt of the Hanau-Lichtenberg dynasty in the City Church of St. Nicholas in Babenhausen, where her husband was later buried.
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References
[edit]- M. Goltzené: Aus der Geschichte des Amtes Buchsweiler, in: Pay d’Alsace, issue 111/112
- Karin Lötzsch Ein badischer Markgraf zwischen Heiligen - der selige Bernhard auf dem Altarschrein in Babenhausen, in: Babenhäuser Mosaik = Babenhausen einst und jetzt, vol. 20, Babenhausen, 1990, p. 35-47
- Sebastian Scholz: Die Inschriften der Stadt Darmstadt und des Landkreises Darmstadt-Dieburg und Groß-Gerau = Die deutschen Inschriften, vol. 49., series Mainz vol. 6, edited by the Academy of Sciences at Mainz, 1999
- Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894
- Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978
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