Anna Margarete of Hessen-Homburg

Anna Margarete von Hessen-Homburg (born August 31, 1629 in Homburg before the height , † August 3, 1686 in Oberkotzau ) was a princess of Hessen-Homburg and by marriage Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg .

Life

She was the only daughter of Landgrave Friedrich I of Hessen-Homburg (1585–1638) from his marriage to Margarete Elisabeth (1604–1667), daughter of Count Christoph von Leiningen-Westerburg.

She married Duke Philipp Ludwig von Holstein-Wiesenburg (1620–1689) in Homburg on May 5, 1650 , who in 1663 acquired the office and castle of Wiesenburg .

In 1659 her godchild Johanna Eleonora von Merlau came to work , who later developed a separatist pietism as the wife of Johann Wilhelm Petersen . She also got to know Philipp Jacob Spener and Johann Jakob Schütz here and developed a deep friendship with Anna Margarete's daughter Sophie Elisabeth.

progeny

From her marriage to Philipp Ludwig, Anna Margarete had the following children:

• Friedrich , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1651–1724)

⚭ 1672 (divorced 1680) Princess Charlotte of Liegnitz (1652–1707)

• Georg Wilhelm (* / † 1652)
• Sophie Elisabeth (1653–1684)

⚭ 1676 Duke Moritz of Saxony-Zeitz (1619–1681)

• Karl Ludwig (1654–1690)
• Eleonore Margarete (1655–1702)

⚭ 1674 Prince Maximilian II von und zu Liechtenstein (1641–1709)

• Christine Amalie (1656–1666)
• Anna Wilhelmine (* / † 1657)
• Johann Georg (* / † 1658)
• Leopold Georg (* / † 1660)
• Wilhelm Christian (1661-1711)
• Friederike Luise (1662–1663)
• Magdalene Sophie (1664-1720)
• Anna Friederike Philippine (1665–1748)

⚭ 1702 Duke Friedrich Heinrich of Saxony-Zeitz (1668–1713)

• Child (* / † 1666)
• Johanne Magdalene Luise (1668–1732)

literature

• Markus Matthias: Johann Wilhelm and Johanna Eleonora Petersen p. 82