Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg
Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg, was a Countess of Leiningen and regent of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg during the minority of her sons from 1638.Life
Margaret Elizabeth was the only child from the first marriage of Count Christopher of Leiningen-Westerburg and Anna Maria Ungnad, Baroness of Weissenwolff. She married on 10 August 1622 at Butzbach to Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg. After Margaret Elizabeth had given birth to her second son, primogeniture was introduced in the landgraviate.
After the death of her husband on 9 May 1638, she led the regency for her infant sons. Her youngest son was Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg, the famous Prince of Homburg.Issue
Margaret Elisabeth and Frederick I had the following children:
