Anna Maria of Mecklenburg

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Anna Maria. Copper engraving , Johann Dürr , 1654

Anna Maria Dorothea, Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (* July 1, 1627 in Schwerin ; † December 11, 1669 in Halle ) was titular Duchess of Mecklenburg and princess from the Mecklenburg-Schwerin line of the Obodrites and married to August , Duke of the Electoral Saxon secondary school of Saxony-Weißenfels and Prince of Saxony-Querfurt and the last administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg .

family

Anna Maria was the second daughter of the Mecklenburg Duke Adolf Friedrich I from his first marriage to Anna Maria von Ostfriesland , daughter of Count Enno III. from East Frisia . A third baptismal name "Dorothea" is also mentioned several times in the literature . So far, however, there is no clear primary source evidence (entry in the baptismal register, baptism notification from parents to other princes, self-designation in archival sources, etc.).

Anna Maria as the bride. Paintings in the Schlossmuseum Schloss Neu-Augustusburg

Life

Already as a baby she was brought to Sweden with her two brothers Christian Ludwig and Karl because of the danger of war in Mecklenburg , from where she came to Denmark a little later to the queen widow Sophia , a born duchess of Mecklenburg. From 1629 she was raised and educated by the Saxon elector widow Hedwig of Denmark at her widow's residence at Schloss Lichtenburg near Prettin. After Hedwig's death she returned to Schwerin in 1642. Since the mother had died in 1634, she only got to know her father personally. The father referred to her as his dearest child on his deathbed. This statement can also be confirmed by the cordial, even loving tone in the letters they wrote to themselves. After her marriage, she moved away from Schwerin and there is evidence that she only returned there once in 1651 to visit her father. She resided with her husband in the royal Magdeburg royal seat of Halle . Since the old archbishop's residence, the Moritzburg , had been destroyed in the war, they moved into the building complex next to the cathedral, which was built under Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg and was probably intended as a university, and which has since been known as the New Residence . After her death, Anna Maria was buried in a magnificent coffin in the castle church of Neu-Augustusburg in Weißenfels. At the same time, her three daughters, who had died in 1663 and had been buried in Halle Cathedral, were reburied in Weißenfels.

Marriage and offspring

Her only marriage was on November 23, 1647 in Schwerin with August, Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels , the son of Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony from his marriage to Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia .

She had the following children with her husband:

literature

  • Dirk Schleinert : Sachsen-Weißenfels , Anna Maria von (1627–1669) , In: Eva Labouvie (ed.): Women in Saxony-Anhalt . A biographical-bibliographical lexicon from the Middle Ages to the 18th century , Böhlau - Köln et al. 2016, pp. 326–329.
  • Dirk Schleinert: Anna Maria von Mecklenburg (1627–1669) and August von Sachsen (1614–1680) and the establishment of the House of Saxony-Weissenfels. Dynastic relations between Mecklenburg and Electoral Saxony in the 17th century . In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 123. Jg. (2008), pp. 123–157.
  • Klaus Gondermann: The members of the fruitful society 1617–1650: 527 biographies. Leipzig 1985.
  • 300 years of Neu-Augustusburg Castle, 1660–1694: Residence of the Dukes of Saxony-Weißenfels. Festschrift. Weißenfels 1994.
  • Johann Christoph Dreyhaupt: Description of the ... Saal-Creyses, especially the cities of Halle. Halle 1749/1751 (i.e. "Dreyhaupt-Chronik").

Remarks

  1. ↑ On the use of the first name "Anna Maria" cf. Johannes Olearius : Megalopolis Saxonica - The heaven and earth far surpassing the heart-pleasing, great rock city of the children of God Halle, Saale 1670
  2. ↑ See: Jacobsen, Roswitha, Die Tagebücher 1667–1686: Commentary and Register , Michigan 2003, ISBN 3740010339 ; Kehrbach, Karl, Monumenta Germaniae paedagogica, Volume 52 , Michigan 2007; Touchnitz, B., Archives for Saxon History, Volume 5 , Princeton 1879; Schattkowsky, Martina, widowhood in the early modern times: princely and noble widows between foreign and self-determination - Volume 6 of writings on Saxon history and folklore , Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3936522790 ; Richter, Julius, Education at the court of the Wettin Albertinian (main) line - Volume 52 of Monumenta Germaniae paedagogica , 1913

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personal data
SURNAME Anna Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anna Maria Dorothea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Mecklenburg (-Schwerin), by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Weissenfels
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1669
Place of death Halle (Saale)