Agnes Sophie Reuss zu Ebersdorf
Agnes Sophie Countess and Mistress zu Plauen (born Countess von Promnitz ; * May 14, 1720 in Sorau , Niederlausitz , Electorate of Saxony ; † August 2, 1791 in Herrnhut , Upper Lusatia , Electorate of Saxony) was the owner of numerous estates in Upper and Lower Lusatia and Member of the Moravian Brethren .
Life
Agnes Sophie was the youngest child of Count Erdmann II von Promnitz from his first marriage to Anna Maria von Sachsen-Weißenfels. After her father's death, she moved to Ebersdorf in the Vogtland in 1745 and married Count Heinrich XXVIII two years later . Reuss to Ebersdorf in Berthelsdorf . With this she moved to Herrnhut and Barby , where both were actively involved in the Brethren. Agnes Sophie accompanied her husband on trips to Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France and England. In 1764 she expressed her disappointment at her relegation as a woman after structural changes in the organization.
In 1765 she received part of her brother Johann Erdmann's possessions . In the following years she acquired other goods. Agnes Sophie Reuss died in Herrnhut, where she was buried in the church . Since she had no offspring, her husband inherited her possessions. Agnes Sophie, the last member of the count's line of the von Promnitz family, died .
possession
- 1765 Reign of Drehna , Vetschau in Niederlausitz
- 1765 Rule of Wehrau , half in Upper Lusatia
- 1769 (or earlier) Klix , Kauppa , Leichnam (Spreewiese), Salga , Göbeln , Kleinwelka , Niederstrahwalde in Upper Lusatia
- 1775 Neudietendorf in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- 1781 Mönau , Rauden , Lieske in Upper Lusatia
literature
- F. Litiz: Look into the past and present of the Protestant church community. Leipzig 1846, p. 111 .
- Lausitzisches Magazin ... 24th year. Görlitz 1791, pp. 288 , 256.
Web links
- Sophie Agnes Reuss zu Ebersdorf Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (biographical data)
- Agnes Sophia von Reuss' memoir in the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jonathan Strom, Hartmut Lehmann, James Van Horn Melton (ed.): Pietism in Germany and North America (1680-1820). Ashgate, 2009, pp. 160-162 .
- ^ Lusatian magazine . 24th year. Görlitz 1791, p. 288 ; the duration of ownership is not clear, probably from 1765.
- ^ Lusatian magazine. 15th year. Görlitz 1782, p. 43 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Reuss zu Ebersdorf, Agnes Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reuss Countess and Mistress von Plauen, Agnes Sophie; Promnitz, Agnes Sophie Countess von (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Owner of goods in Upper Lusatia and Lower Lusatia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1720 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sorau , Lower Lusatia , Kingdom of Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1791 |
| Place of death | Herrnhut , Upper Lusatia , Kingdom of Saxony |