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Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse

1483–1522

Born
25 Nov 1483, Heidelberg
Country of birth
Electoral Palatinate, today Germany
Died
4 Jul 1522, Baden-Baden
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A life in time

  1. Born · Heidelberg

    Birth, Heidelberg

  2. Child born: Marie of Baden-Sponheim

    Birth, Baden-Baden

  3. Died · Baden-Baden

    Death, Baden-Baden

What was it like?

The world around Heidelberg, 1483: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

Known for

Elizabeth of the Palatinate was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Countess Palatine of Simmern and by marriage, successively Landgravine of Hesse-Marburg and Margravine of Baden.

News and letters
Around 1485–1525

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

Around 1485–1525

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.

During their lifetime

  1. 1517

    Luther posts the Ninety-five Theses

    Martin Luther sparked the Reformation by posting his Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg, fundamentally changing the religious and social lives of ordinary people.

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