Anna Sophia of Hessen-Darmstadt

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Anna Sophie von Hessen-Darmstadt, later Princess Abbess of Quedlinburg

Princess Anna Sophia of Hessen-Darmstadt (* December 17, 1638 in Marburg , † December 13, 1683 in Quedlinburg ) was a hymn poet and since 1681 as Anna Sophia II. Abbess of the imperial and free worldly monastery Quedlinburg .

Life

Anna Sophia was a daughter of Landgrave Georg II of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605–1661) and his wife Princess Sophie Eleonore (1609–1671), daughter of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony. Raised according to the Lutheran orthodoxy of her father, Anna Sophia turned to religion at an early age. She learned oriental languages ​​and was interested in poetry. Since she was 16, Anna Sophia lived with her grandparents in Dresden .

In 1656 she became provost at the Quedlinburg Abbey and began to compose hymns. In 1658 her first devotional book appeared with 32 hymns, some of which found their way into Protestant hymn books. One of the most famous is the communion song “Oh grace over all graces! Doesn't that mean goodness? Jesus himself invited us to the table that he prepared. "

In particular, by her sister Elisabeth Amalia Magdalena (1635–1709), who had married Elector Philipp Wilhelm of the Palatinate in 1653 and had become a Catholic, she was urged to renounce Lutheran teaching, convert to Catholicism and flee the monastery. Anna Sophia resisted these temptations, but regretted in her estate that she “got into error and walked the wrong way ”, but in the end she found her way back to Protestant teaching. Her election as coadjutor in 1677 was therefore also received critically.

In later years Anna Sophia suffered from "chronic cough". Nonetheless, she was elected Princess Abbess of Quedlinburg as Anna Sophia II in 1681. Against the will of the patron of the monastery Johann Georg III. von Sachsen designated the sick abbess together with her chapter Anna Dorothea von Holstein-Gottorf (1640–1713) as her successor, who was also elected coadjutor in 1683. In the same year the abbess succumbed to her suffering. Regardless of the coadjutor, the provost of the monastery Anna Dorothea von Sachsen-Weimar was elected as successor.

ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Georg I Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547–1596)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ludwig V Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577–1626)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Magdalena zur Lippe (1552–1587)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Georg II Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605–1661)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann Georg Elector of Brandenburg (1525–1598)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Magdalena of Brandenburg (1582–1616)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Elisabeth of Anhalt (1563–1607)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anna Sophia of Hessen-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Christian I Elector of Saxony (1560–1591)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johann Georg I Elector of Saxony (1585–1656)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophie of Brandenburg (1568–1622)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophie Eleonore of Saxony (1609–1671)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia (1553-1618)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia (1586–1659)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Marie Eleonore von Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1550–1608)
 
 
 
 
 
 

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predecessor Office Successor
Anna Sophia I. Abbess of Quedlinburg
1681–1683 		Anna Dorothea of ​​Saxe-Weimar
personal data
SURNAME Anna Sophia of Hessen-Darmstadt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the Quedlinburg Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1638
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1683
Place of death Quedlinburg