Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
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| Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Noble family | Wittelsbach |
| Father | Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
| Mother | Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken |
| Born | 14 February 1640 Strasbourg |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Babenhausen |
| Buried | St. John's Church in Hanau |
Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (14 February 1640, Strasbourg – 12 December 1693, Babenhausen) was a daughter of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598–1654) and his first wife, Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken (1606–1648).
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Life
She married on 18 October 1659 Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666), a posthumous member of the House of Hanau, who never got to rule. The marriage produced five children:
- Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg (18 December 1660 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 21 August 1715). She is said to have been buried in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau;[1] married on 5 December 1685 to John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (17 March 1662 - 3 November 1698).
- Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler); married on 27 September 1697 to Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 - 25 May 1728)
- Franziska Albertina of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1 May 1663 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 1736 in Ottweiler); unmarried.
- Philip Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (2 August 1664 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 4 October 1712 at Philippsruhe Castle in Hanau)
- Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg (31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 28 March 1736 in Philippsruhe Castle).
Anna Magdalena's widow seat was Babenhausen Castle in Babenhausen.
Death
Anna Magdalena died on 12 December 1693 was buried on 6 February 1694 in the family vault of the St. John's Church in Hanau.[2] This tomb, including Anna Magdalena's grave, was in completely destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.
On the occasion of her funeral, several funeral sermons appeared in print:
- Anonymous, Klüglich gewählet, seelig entseelet ..., printed in Hanau in 1694 by Johann Adolph Aubry [3]
- Anonymous, Kürzlich entworfene Personalia ...[4]
- Friedrich Christian of Edelsheim, Hanau in 1694?[5]
- Johann Daniel Guckelin, [funeral sermon] [6]
- M. Langermann und Johannes Laurentius, Lob- und Ehrengedächtnis ..., printed in Hanau by Johann Adolph Aubry [7]
- Adam Sellius, [funeral sermon][8]
References
- Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung. Bd. 3, Leipzig 1930.
- Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften im Hessischen Staatsarchiv Darmstadt = Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen, vol. 13, Sigmaringen, 1991.
- Rudolf Lenz u.a.: Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften in der Universitätsbibliothek Gießen = Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen, vol. 7,1. Marburg,1985.
- Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894.
- Reinhard Suchier: Die Grabmonumente und Särge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Häusern Hanau und Hessen, in: Programm des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Hanau, Hanau, 1879. p. 1 - 56.
- Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land., 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978.
Footnotes
- ↑ Suchier, Grabmonumente, p. 53
- ↑ Some sources claim that she was buried in Babenhausen, but this was definitively refuted by: Reinhard Suchier: Die Grabmonumente und Särge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Häusern Hanau und Hessen, p. 46 ff
- ↑ Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften im Hessischen Staatsarchiv Darmstadt = Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen, vol. 13, Sigmaringen, 1991, #70
- ↑ Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften im Hessischen Staatsarchiv Darmstadt = Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen, vol. 13, Sigmaringen, 1991, #71
- ↑ Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung, vol. 3, Leipzig, 1930, #12 637 (possibly identical with the funeral sermon of M. Langermann and Johannes Laurentius, because of Edelsheim is also present as co-author there)
- ↑ Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung. Bd. 3, Leipzig 1930, #12 637
- ↑ Rudolf Lenz u.a.: Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften in der Universitätsbibliothek Gießen, p. 110, # 970
- ↑ Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung. Bd. 3, Leipzig 1930, #12 638
