Brief Life History of Barbara
When Princess Barbara von Hessen was born on 8 April 1536, in Kassel, Hesse, Germany, her father, Landgraf Philipp von Hessen I, was 31 and her mother, Christine von Sachsen, was 30. She married Count George I von Württemberg-Mömpelgard on 10 September 1555, in Holy Roman Empire. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 8 June 1597, in Schloss Waldeck, Waldeck, at the age of 61, and was buried in Netze, Waldeck, Eder, Waldeck-Pyrmont.
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- Barbara von Hessen, “Find A Grave Index”
- Legacy NFS Source: Barbara of Hesse -
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Name Meaning
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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