Elisabeth, Countess Palatine (1618–1680)
Over de Auteur
Fotografie: Portrait of Elizabeth, Princess Palatine; Elisabeth von der Pfalz (1618-1680) by Gerrit van Honthorst (d.1656)
Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Countess Palatine, Elisabeth,
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Elisabeth von der Pfalz
Princess Palatine - Geboortedatum
- 1618-12-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1680-02-11
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Germany
- Geboorteplaats
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Woonplaatsen
- Heidelberg, Germany
Leiden, Netherlands
Herford Abbey, Saxony - Beroepen
- princess
countess
abbot
scholar - Relaties
- Descartes, René (correspondent)
Mary Queen of Scots (great-grandmother)
James I (grandfather)
Charles I (uncle)
Charles II (cousin)
King James II (cousin) - Organisaties
- Haus Wittelsbach (Linie Pfalz)
- Korte biografie
- Princess Elisabeth, daughter of the Elector Palatine Frederick V and Elizabeth Stuart ("The Winter Queen") of Bohemia, never married. She carried on a lengthy correspondence with René Descartes on moral and philosophical ideas, and after his death, became the abbess of the Protestant Abbey of Herford in Saxony, where she offered refuge to many political refugees. She was a scholar and philosopher, and besides Descartes influenced some other key figures of the 17th century, including William Penn.