Anna Maria of Pfalz-Neuburg

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Anna Maria von Pfalz-Neuburg (around 1600)

Anna Maria von Pfalz-Neuburg (born August 18, 1575 in Neuburg an der Donau , † February 11, 1643 in Dornburg / Saale ) was a Countess Palatine of Neuburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar .

Life

Anna Maria was the eldest child of the Count Palatine and Duke Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg (1547–1614) from his marriage to Anna (1552–1632), daughter of Duke Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg .

She married Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar (1562-1602) on September 9, 1591 in Neuburg . On the occasion of the marriage, a gold medal was struck, which depicts the couple with a half-length portrait on each side. In 1604 she moved with her children from Weimar to Altenburg , which was separated from Weimar as an independent duchy for her sons . As a widow Anna Maria is said to have sunk into "deep sadness" and since 1612 she lived separately from her children in her Wittum , the office and the town of Dornburg an der Saale. When General Tilly's Croats attacked her castle during the Thirty Years' War in 1631, Anna Maria opposed the attackers, but was robbed and wounded in the cheek. With the help of hurried citizens, the attackers could be repelled, for which the Duchess donated a trophy out of gratitude to the church.

Anna Maria is buried in the now walled-up princely crypt of the Altenburg Brothers Church.

progeny

From their marriage, Anna Maria had the following children:

⚭ 1618 Princess Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1593–1650)
⚭ 1618 Duke Karl Friedrich von Münsterberg-Oels (1593–1647)
⚭ 1633 Duke Albrecht of Saxony-Eisenach (1599–1644)
⚭ 1. 1638 Princess Sophie Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1616–1650)
⚭ 2. 1652 Princess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxony (1617–1668)

literature

  • Luise Hallof, Klaus Hallof: The inscriptions of the district of Jena , Akademie Verlag, 1995, p. 159 f.
  • Association for Thuringian History and Archeology, Jena: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology , Vol. 6-7, G. Fischer., 1865, p. 248 f.
  • Johann Samuel Publication: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts , Volume 50, J. f. Gleditsch, 1849, p. 81

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann G. Gruner: History of Friedrich Wilhelm I. , 1791, p. 71
  2. ↑ Christian Häutle: Genealogy of the illustrious parent company Wittelsbach , 1870, p 183
personal data
SURNAME Anna Maria of Pfalz-Neuburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuburg on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1643
Place of death Dornburg / Saale