Agnes Magdalene of Anhalt-Dessau
Agnes Magdalene von Anhalt-Dessau (born March 29, 1590 in Dessau , † October 24, 1626 in Eschwege ) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau and by marriage, Landgravine of Hessen-Kassel .
Life
Agnes Magdalene was the second daughter of Prince Johann Georg I of Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618) from his first marriage to Dorothea (1561–1594), daughter of Count Johann Albrecht VI. from Mansfeld in Arnstein .
She married Landgrave Otto von Hessen-Kassel on June 14, 1617 in Dessau , who accidentally shot himself after only a few weeks of marriage. Agnes Magdalene spent her nine-year widowhood on her Wittum in Eschwege, where she experienced the horrors of the beginning Thirty Years' War and was primarily concerned with medical remedies. Agnes Magdalene was in constant quarrel with her father-in-law Moritz , who claimed her Wittum for his own wife.
Agnes Magdalene was buried in the Dionys Church in Eschweg. Since Agnes Magdalene had transferred her morning gift to her unmarried sister, negotiations between Anhalt and Landgrave Wilhelm V took place about the marriage, relapse, funeral and Wittum costs, for which Anhalt 12,000 guilders were eventually paid out.
literature
- Christoph von Rommel : History of Hesse: Modern history of Hesse , Volume 6, p. 331 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Samuel Publication: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts in alphabetical order ... , 2nd section, 20th part, p. 351, Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1842
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| SURNAME | Agnes Magdalene of Anhalt-Dessau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1626 |
| Place of death | Eschwege |