Anna Elisabeth of Anhalt-Dessau

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Anna Elisabeth von Anhalt-Dessau (born April 5, 1598 in Dessau , † April 20, 1660 in Tecklenburg ) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau and by marriage Countess of Bentheim-Steinfurt .

Life

Anna Elisabeth was a daughter of Prince Johann Georg I of Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618) from his second marriage to Dorothea (1581–1631), daughter of Count Palatine Johann Kasimir von Simmern . In the virtuous society of her aunt Anna Sophia she was accepted under the name “The Immutable”.

Anna Elisabeth married Count Wilhelm Heinrich zu Bentheim and Steinfurt (1584–1632) in Dessau on January 2, 1617 . The marriage remained childless and after the death of her husband she gave her income and goods, some of which were in the County of Steinfurt , to her unmarried sister Johanna Dorothea . This led to considerable complications when Johanna Dorothea married Count Moritz von Bentheim-Tecklenburg the following year . Through the mediation of Friedrich von Anhalt , a comparison was finally made.

literature

  • Hermann Schaub: The rule of Rheda and its royal seat: from the beginning to the end ... , p. 91, publishing house for regional history

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Linda Maria Koldau : Frauen-Musik-Kultur: a handbook on the German language area of ​​the early modern period , p. 300, Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Anna Elisabeth of Anhalt-Dessau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Bentheim-Steinfurt
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1598
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1660
Place of death Tecklenburg