Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach was the Princess-abbess of Essen Abbey and Thorn Abbey. She led Essen Abbey from 1726 to 1776, the longest of any Essen abbess. Her tenure was marked
Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach
The Abbey of Thorn
Borbeck Castle in the form that it received during Francisca Christina's reign
The arms of Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach above the entrance of Borbeck Castle
Princess Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg was Landgravine of Hesse-Rotenburg by birth and was the Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by marriage.
Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach
…Foundation, which still maintains the orphanage she founded in Essen-Steele. Her father was Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and her mother was Landgravine Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg. Francisca Christina was born on 16 May 1696 as the daughter of Duke Theodore Eustace of Palatinate-Sulzbach and his wife Landgravine Maria Eleonore…
Marie Eleonore Amalie von Hessen Rheinfels Rotenburg