Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg

Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg (30 June 1604 in Schadeck, today part of Runkel – 13 August 1667 at Wiesenburg Castle), 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 (1575-1635) and Anna Maria Ungnad, Baroness of Weissenwolff (1573-1606). 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:
 * Louis Philippe (1623–1643)
 * George (1624–1624)
 * William Christoph (1625–1681), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
 * married firstly in 1650 Princess Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1634–1663)
 * married secondly in 1665 Princess Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg (1624–1688)


 * George Christian (1626–1677)
 * married in 1666 Anna Catherine of Pogwisch, widow of von Ahlefeldt (1633–1694)


 * Anna Margaret (1629–1686)
 * married in 1650 Duke Philip Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1620–1689)


 * Frederick II (1633–1708), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, better known as The Prince of Homburg
 * married firstly in 1661 Countess Margareta Brahe, widow of Oxenstierna (1603–1669)
 * married secondly in 1670 Princess Louise Elisabeth of Courland (1646–1690)
 * married thirdly in 1691 Countess Sophia Sibylle of Leiningen-Westerburg, widow of the Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1656–1724)