Louise Elisabeth of W%C3%BCrttemberg Oels


Louise Elisabeth of WrttembergOels , was a Duchess of WrttembergOels by birth and by marriage Duchess of SaxeMerseburgLauchstdt. In 1709, she revived the Ducal WrttembergOels Order of the Skull as a chivalric order for ladies.

OnAugust 1688, at the age of 15, Louise Elizabeth married Duke Philip of SaxeMerseburgLauchstdt as his second wife. He wasyears old and was an elder brother of her stepmother Marie Sibylle. A medal was struck to commemorate their marriage. After the wedding, the couple resided in Merseburg, where their son Christian Louis was born onJuly 1689. One year later and within days, she lost both her son and her husband . Louise Elisabeth followed her husband to Fleurus, and the camp where she stayed was attacked by the French. Afterwards, she had trouble journeying back to Merseburg and thence to Lauchstdt.

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