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Elizabeth of Hungary ( German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet, Slovak: Svätá Alžbeta Uhorská; 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231), [6] also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia . Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed ...
St. Elisabeth of Hungary. Sophie of Thuringia (20 March 1224 – 29 May 1275) was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which ...
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St. Elisabeth of Hungary. (German: St. Elisabeth von Th|ringen, Hungarian: Szent Erzsibet, 7 July 1207 - 17 November 1231) spent most of her short life in Germany. She was born in Sarospatak, Kingdom of Hungary on 7 July 1207. At age 4, the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary (1175-1235) and Gertrude of Andechs-Merania was brought to the ...
Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231)Hungarian saint and princess who defied the customs of her age and class by her tireless efforts to care for the sick and poor. Name variations: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; St. Elizabeth of Thuringia. Born on June 7, 1207, in Pressburg (Bratislava); died of exhaustion and malnourishment on November 19, 1231, at ...
Elisabeth's claim is more tenuous since her life was more geographically limited: born in Hungary in 1207, she married a German count (Ludwig of Thuringia), and spent the rest of her life first in Wartburg Castle, overlooking Eisenach, Thuringia, and later in Marburg, Hessen, where she died in 1231.
Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207-31), Elisabeth Busse-Wilson (1890-1974) published an extraordinary biography of one of the most popular female women saints in Germany. Instead of repeating the stereotypical image of S1. Elisabeth as loving, gentle, and generous almsgiver, Busse-Wilson painted the portrait of a strong-willed, eccentric, and ...
Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, probably at Pressburg, 1207; died at Marburg, Hesse, 17 November (not 19 November), 1231. She was a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary (1205-35) and his wife Gertrude, a member of the family of the Counts of Andechs-Meran; Elizabeth's brother succeeded his father on the throne of ...
