Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg

Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg
Spouse(s)	John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg
Noble family	Leuchtenberg
Father	Landgrave George III of Leuchtenberg
Mother	Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Born	March 1537
Died	6 July 1579(1579-07-06) Dillenburg

Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (born: March 1537- died: 6 July 1579 in Dillenburg) was the daughter of Landgrave George III of Leuchtenberg and Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Marriage and issue

Elisabeth was the first wife of John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, son of William "the Rich" of Nassau en Juliana of Stolberg. She married on 6 Junie 1559 at Dillenburg Castle. They had thirteen children:

• William Louis (1560-1620), stadtholder of Frisia (1584-1620), married met Anna of Nassau (1563-1588)
• John VII (1561-1623)
• George (1562-1623)
• Elisabeth (1564-1611), married in 1583 with Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg and in 1603 with Wolfgang Ernest I of Isenburg-Birstein,
• Juliana (1565-1606)
• Philip (1566-1595)
• Maria (1568-1625), married John Louis I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein,
• Anna Sibylla (1569-1576), died young
• Mathilda (1570-1625), married Count William V, of Mansfeld-Arnstein
• Albert (1572-1572), died young
• Ernst Casimir (1573-1632), Count of Nassau-Dietz, stadtholder of Frisia and Groningen(1620-1632), married in 1597 with Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1583-1642). The Dutch Royal Family descend from this marriage.
• Louis Gunther (1575-1604), died in battle at Sluis, married in 1601 Countess Margareta of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1575–1606)
• stillborn son (1579)

Elisabeth died in 1579. After her death, John VI had two later marriages.

Persondata
Name	Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg
Alternative names	Gräfin Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg (German)
Short description	Wife of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
Date of birth	March1537
Place of birth
Date of death	6 July 1597
Place of death	Dillenburg