Elisabet Juliana Banér
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Elisabet Juliana Banér née
NEE
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Elisabet Juliana of Erbach
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-Places:*Erbach, a constituent community of Bad Camberg in Hesse*Erbach an der Donau, town in Baden-Württemberg**Erbach Castle, castle in Erbach an der Donau*Erbach im Odenwald, town in Hesse**Erbacher Schloss, castle in Erbach im Odenwald...

(d. at Saalfeld 1640), was a German noble, married to the Swedish commander Johan Banér
Johan Banér
Johan Banér was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War.-Biography:Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four year old he was forced to witness how his father, the Privy Councillour Gustaf Banér, and uncle, Sten Axelsson Banér , were executed at the Linköping Bloodbath...

. She is considered to have vielded a certain influence upon Banér and the Swedish army during the thirty year's war.

Biography

Elisabet Juliana was the daughter of count Georg of Erbach
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 and Maria of Barby. She married firstly to count Löwenstein
Löwenstein
Löwenstein is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was first mentioned in 1123. The castle of Löwenstein served as a residence for the counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim. In 1634 the castle was destroyed by the imperial forces....

, and she also became the guardian of Anna Margareta von Haugwitz
Anna Margareta von Haugwitz
Anna Margareta von Haugwitz , was a German noble, married to the Swedish count, statesman and military commander Carl Gustaf Wrangel....

. As a widow, she nursed the first German spouse of Banér, Katarina Elisabet von Pfuel, (former lady in waiting of Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg was a German princess and queen consort of Sweden.She was the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and Anna, Duchess of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia....

) at her death bed; Pfuel is said to have asked the two to marry at her death, which they did the same year (1636).

She has been described as : Excellent by her sense, goodness and ability. She was the good angel of Banér, and directed him toward leniency and calm where it was possible. The army respected her as a mother.

She died of a fever
Fever
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at Saalfeld.
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