Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Anna Maria von Brandenburg-Ansbach (* December 28, 1526 in Jägerndorf , † May 20, 1589 in Nürtingen ) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg .
Life
Anna Maria was the eldest daughter of Margrave Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) from his second marriage to Hedwig (1508–1531), daughter of Duke Charles I of Münsterberg . Anna Maria was brought up in the Lutheran faith .
She married the future Duke Christoph von Württemberg (1515–1568) in Ansbach on February 24, 1544 . The marriage came about through the mediation of Christoph's father, Duke Ulrich von Württemberg . The marriage with the Protestant strengthened Christoph's confessional position. Anna Maria appeared economical and economical. She was responsible for the administration of the court pharmacy, from which she supplied the needy free of charge.
After the death of her husband, she fell into melancholy and spent her 20 years of widowhood in almost mental derangement in her widow's residence at Nürtingen Castle. As a 45-year-old she fell in love with Landgrave Georg von Hessen-Darmstadt , who was half her age and who later became her son-in-law. Eventually she was placed under guard as a mentally ill person. She was buried in the collegiate church of St. Georg in Tübingen .
progeny
From their marriage, Anna Maria had the following children:
- ⚭ 1563 Landgrave Ludwig IV of Hessen-Marburg (1537–1604)
- Elisabeth (1548–1592)
- ⚭ 1. 1568 Count Georg Ernst von Henneberg-Schleusingen (1511–1583)
- ⚭ 2. 1586 Count Palatine Georg Gustav von Veldenz-Lauterecken (1564–1634)
- Sabine (1549–1581)
- ⚭ 1566 Landgrave Wilhelm IV of Hessen-Kassel (1532–1592)
- Emilie (1550–1589)
- ⚭ 1578 Count Palatine Reichard von Simmern (1521–1598)
- Eleanor (1552-1618)
- ⚭ 1. 1571 Prince Joachim Ernst I of Anhalt (1536–1586)
- ⚭ 2. 1589 Landgrave Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547–1596)
- Ludwig the Pious (1554–1593), Duke of Württemberg
- ⚭ 1. 1575 Princess Dorothea Ursula of Baden-Durlach (1559–1583)
- ⚭ 2. 1585 Countess Palatine Ursula von Veldenz (1572–1635)
- Maximilian (1556–1557)
- Ulrich (* / † 1558)
- Dorothea Maria (1559-1639)
- ⚭ 1582 Count Palatine Otto Heinrich von Sulzbach (1556–1604)
- Anna (1561-1616)
- ⚭ 1. 1582 Duke Johann Georg von Liegnitz (1552–1592)
- ⚭ 2. 1594 Duke Friedrich IV of Liegnitz (1552–1596)
- Sophie (1563-1590)
- ⚭ 1583 Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar (1562–1602)
Web links
literature
- Franz Brendle: Anna Maria. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 111 f.
- Bernhard Kugler: Christoph, Duke of Wirtemberg. 2 volumes. Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart 1868–1872.
- Paul Pressel : Christoph, Duke of Württemberg. Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1868.
- Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 1: The House of Württemberg from Count Ulrich the Founder to Duke Ludwig. 6th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-34-0 , pp. 531-537.
- Paul Friedrich von Stälin : Christoph, Duke of Württemberg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 243-250.
- Robert Uhland: Christoph, Duke of Württemberg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 248 f. ( Digitized version ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Famous People ( Memento from December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ August Benedict Michaelis: Introduction to a complete history of the electoral and princely houses in Germany. Volume 3, 1785, p. 375.
- ↑ Narcissus Schwelin: Würtembergische little chronicle. 1660, p. 537.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Württemberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1526 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hunter village |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1589 |
| Place of death | Nürtingen |