Adriana von Nassau-Dillenburg

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Epitaph of Countess Adriana von Nassau
Grave slab of Countess Adriana von Nassau in the Marienkirche in Hanau

Adriana von Nassau-Dillenburg (born February 7, 1449 in Breda ; † January 15, 1477 ) was a daughter of Count Johann IV of Nassau-Dillenburg . Since September 12, 1468 she was married to Count Philipp I von Hanau-Münzenberg .

From this marriage emerged:

  1. A daughter (born April 4, 1469) died shortly after birth
  2. Adriana (* May 1, 1470; † April 12, 1524), married in 1489 to Count Philipp von Solms-Lich (* August 15, 1468; † October 3, 1544)
  3. Margarethe (April 6, 1471; † September 5, 1503, Liebenau Monastery ), nun
  4. Reinhard IV (March 14, 1473 - January 30, 1512)
  5. Anna (March 15, 1474 - March 21, 1475)
  6. Marie (March 4, 1475 - May 18, 1476)

Adriana was buried in the Marienkirche in Hanau , where her epitaph , which she depicts in a praying position towards the high altar (no longer in existence today) , including the painting, is very well preserved, as is her grave plate.

literature

  • Fried Lübbecke : Hanau. City and county. Cologne 1951, p. 91, 112f.
  • Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house. In: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894, Hanau 1894.
  • Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau - city and country. 3rd edition, Hanau 1919, ND 1978.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Reinhard Suchier, The grave monuments and coffins of people buried in Hanau from the houses of Hanau and Hesse , in: Program of the Royal High School in Hanau, Hanau 1879, pp. 1-56 (8f); Reinhard Dietrich and Simone Heider-Geiß: The Protestant Marienkirche Hanau . Kassel 2001. ISBN 3-89477-925-X .
personal data
SURNAME Adriana von Nassau-Dillenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adriana von Hanau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Count Philip I of Hanau-Munzenberg
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1449
PLACE OF BIRTH Breda
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1477