Anna Sibylle von Hanau-Lichtenberg

Countess Anna Sibylle von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* May 16, 1542 in Lichtenberg ; † January 5, 1580 ) was the oldest surviving daughter of Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (* May 20, 1514; † February 19, 1590 ) and Countess Eleonore von Fürstenberg (born October 11, 1523, † April 26, 1544).

Pedigree of Countess Anna Sibylle von Hanau-Lichtenberg
Great grandparents	Philip II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1462; † 1504) ∞ Anna von Isenburg -Büdingen († 1522)	Christoph I of Baden-Sponheim (* 1453; † 1527) ∞ Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen (* 1451; † 1517)	Wolfgang von Fürstenberg (* 1465; † 1509) ∞ Elisabeth von Solms-Braunfels (* 1469; † 1540)	Christoph von Werdenberg († 1534) ∞ Eleonora Gonzaga of Mantua († 1512)
Grandparents	Philip III von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1482; † 1538) ∞ Sibylle von Baden -Sponheim (* 1485; † 1518)		Friedrich II. Von Fürstenberg (* 1596; † 1559) ∞ Anna von Werdenberg († 1554)
parents	Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1514; † 1590) ∞ Eleonore von Fürstenberg (* 1523; † 1544)
Anna Sibylle

More about the family in the main article: Lords and Counts of Hanau

Anna Sibylle married Ludwig von Fleckenstein - Dagstuhl (* 1542; † 1577) on October 12, 1562 . This marriage had a son, Wolfgang von Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl († 1618).

meaning

This marriage was for the history of the house Hanau and the two counties Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau-Lichtenberg is of great importance because of the seed of Georg von Fleckenstein emerged that in the final phase of the Thirty Years' War , the reign , first in Hanau-Lichtenberg later also led in the county of Hanau-Münzenberg for the underage Count Friedrich Casimir von Hanau and politically enforced their reunification against resistance from the feudal lords of the county of Hanau-Münzenberg.

Anna Sibylle von Hanau-Lichtenberg
∞ Ludwig von Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
│
└─> Philipp Wolfgang von Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl († 1618)
        1. ∞ Alexandra von Rappoltstein (* 15. März 1565; † 9. April 1610)
        │ 2. ∞ Maria Magdalena von Hohensachsen († nach 1628)
        │
        └─> Oberst Georg II. von Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (* 1588; † 1644), Vormund und Regent
            in Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641–1647) und zusätzlich in Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1647),
            letzter seines Hauses

literature

Reinhard Dietrich : The state constitution in the Hanauischen = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 34. Hanau 1996. ISBN 3-9801933-6-5 .
Wilhelm Morhardt: Hanau old - in honor of b'halt - The Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg in history and stories = Babenhausen then and now 10th Babenhausen 1984.
Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables : Family tables for the history of European states . NF VII, plate 26.
Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house . In: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894 . Hanau 1894.
Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau city and country . 3. Edition. Hanau 1919, ND 1978.

Individual evidence

↑ Friday v. Loringhoven, vol. 3, pl. 85 v. Hanau-Lichtenberg; differently Morhardt: March 23, 1612 , without further indication of the source.
↑ Marburg State Archives, 81st Hanau Government, stock 12.6f

personal data
SURNAME	Hanau-Lichtenberg, Anna Sibylle von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Anna Sibylle von Fleckenstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg
DATE OF BIRTH	May 16, 1542
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lichtenberg
DATE OF DEATH	January 5, 1580 or March 23, 1612

[1] Friday v. Loringhoven, vol. 3, pl. 85 v. Hanau-Lichtenberg; differently Morhardt: March 23, 1612 , without further indication of the source.

[2] Marburg State Archives, 81st Hanau Government, stock 12.6f