Background
She the daughter of George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg and his fourth wife, Countess Maria of Barby.
She the daughter of George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg and his fourth wife, Countess Maria of Barby.
She is considered to have wielded a certain influence upon Banér and the Swedish army during the Thirty Years" War. In Arolsen on 2 March 1620, Elisabeth Juliana married firstly with Count Georg Louis of Löwenstein-Scharfeneck. They had two children:
Her case caused a debate about the law for marriage between nobles and non-nobles.
Berthold Louis (Basel, 22 February 1628 – Basel, 4 August 1628).
As a widow in 1633, she nursed the first German spouse of Banér, Katarina Elisabet von Pfuel, (former lady in waiting of Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg) at her death bed. Pfuel is said to have asked the two to marry at her death, which they did the same year, on 25 July 1636 in Werbeskans.
She has been described as: Excellent by her sense, goodness and ability. The army respected her as a mother.
She died of a fever during the famine war at Saalfeld.
Johan Banér, devastated by her death, considered to abandoned his posts, but was persuaded with difficulty to stay. Her remains was carried out with great splendor to Sweden and buried in the Banér family crypt.
She was the good angel of Banér, and directed him toward leniency and calm where it was possible.
