Maria Van den Bergh
(1613-1671) Dutch noblewoman
Maria Elisabeth Van den Bergh, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (January 1613 – 29 November 1671) was a Dutch noblewoman and daughter of Hendrik van den Bergh. She lived at the court of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia around the year 1628.
Early life
She was born on January 1613 in Stevensweert. She spent part of her youth in Brussels at the court of Isabella Clara Eugenia, the strict Catholic governor of the Southern Netherlands. However, his also came into Northern Dutch court circles. In The Hague she was friends with Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, the wife of Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau, who was a cousin of her father. Amalia had come to The Hague as lady-in-waiting to Winter Queen Elisabeth Stuart.
Marriage
Maria Elisabeth married Eitel Frederick II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen on March 19, 1630. The marriage was solemnized at Boutersem Castle near Leuven, which belonged to her mother's family. Her husband was born in Hechingen in January 1601 as the son of Johan Georg van Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Francisca van Salm-Finstingen.
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