Jump to content

Anna of Hesse

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Bender the Bot (talk | contribs) at 06:33, 27 October 2016 (→‎References: http→https for Google Books and Google News using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Anna of Hesse
Born(1529-10-26)26 October 1529
Kassel
Died10 July 1591(1591-07-10) (aged 61)
Meisenheim
Noble familyHouse of Hesse
Spouse(s)Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
FatherPhilip I, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherChristine of Saxony

Anna of Hesse (26 October 1529, Kassel – 10 July 1591, Meisenheim) was a princess of Hesse by birth and marriage Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Life

Anna was a daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (1501–1567) from his marriage to Christine (1505–1549), a daughter of Duke George of Saxony.

She married on 24 February 1544 with Count Palatine Wolfgang of Zweibrücken (1526–1569). After the death of her husband, Anna and her brother William and Elector Palatine Louis VI jointly acted as guardians for her children. William was also the executor of Wolfgang's testament.

Around 1590, Anna founded the St. Anne's churchyard in Heidelberg. In 1596, a stone monument in her honor was erected in this churchyard. When the churchyard was closed in 1845, the monument was moved to the Bergfriedhof churchyard.

Anna died in 1591 and was buried in the Lutheran Church of Meisenheim Castle.

Issue

From her marriage, Anna had the following children:

married in 1574 princess Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)
married in 1579 princess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1553–1633)
  • Dorothy Agnes (1551–1552)
  • Elizabeth (1553–1554)
  • Anna (1554–1576)
  • Elizabeth (1555–1625)
  • Otto Henry (1556–1604), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Sulzbach
married in 1582 duchess Marie Dorothea of Württemberg (1559-1639)
  • Frederick (1557–1597), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
married in 1587 duchess Catherine Sophie of Legnica (1561-1608)
married in 1591 Count Gottfried of Oettingen-Oettingen (1554-1622)
married in 1586 duchess Maria Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1570-1649)
  • Maria Elisabeth (1561–1629)
married in 1585 Count Emich XII of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg (1562-1607)
  • Susanna (1564–1565)

Ancestors

Family of Anna of Hesse
16. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
8. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse
17. Anna of Saxony
4. William II, Landgrave of Hesse
18. Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach
9. Matilda of Württemberg-Urach
19. Mechthild of the Palatinate
2. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
20. Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg
10. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow
21. Dorothea of Brandenburg
5. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
22. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania
11. Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast
23. Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp
1. Anna of Hesse
24. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
12. Albert III, Duke of Saxony
25. Margarete of Austria
6. George, Duke of Saxony
26. George of Poděbrady
13. Sidonie of Poděbrady
27. Kunigunde of Sternberg
3. Christine of Saxony
28. Władysław II Jagiełło
14. Casimir IV Jagiellon
29. Sophia of Halshany
7. Barbara Jagiellon
30. Albert II of Germany
15. Elisabeth of Austria
31. Elizabeth of Luxembourg

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anna_of_Hesse&oldid=746408148"