Anna of Eppstein-Königstein

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Anna of Eppstein-Königstein

Anna von Eppstein-Königstein (* 1481 in Königstein im Taunus ; † August 7, 1538 in Stolberg (Harz) ) was the sister of the last Lord of Eppstein and from 1505 Countess of Königstein . As the mother of Juliana zu Stolberg , she was the grandmother of Wilhelm von Oranien (1533–1584).

Life

Anna von Eppstein-Königstein was the daughter of Philip I of Eppstein-Königstein (1459–1481) and his second wife Louise (Ludowika) von der Mark († May 1511). She had three older brothers, Eberhard (around 1474–1535), Philipp (1476–1509) and Georg (1478–1527). Anna's father died around the time of her birth in 1481 at Königstein Castle. Her mother Louise von der Mark then took over the reign of Eppstein-Königstein together with the five guardians appointed by her husband. In 1483 she moved to Butzbach Castle , which she had received as a Wittum through her marriage contract . In 1490 Anna's brother Eberhard came of age and, as Eberhard IV, took over the reign of Eppstein from his mother.

Anna married Count Botho III in February 1500 in Butzbach . zu Stolberg (1467–1538), called the blissful . The marriage resulted in 13 children, born between 1501 and 1516 and 1524. Although Anna was the youngest child of her parents, she and her children played an important role in the line of succession.

The marriage of Anna's brother Eberhard IV, who had also been Count von Königstein since 1505 , with Katharina von Weinsberg remained without descendants. The other two brothers, Philipp and Georg, were unmarried. Hence Eberhard's hope lay in his sister Anna's sons. Their eldest sons Wolfgang (* 1501) and Ludwig (* 1505) were sent to the court of Eberhard for upbringing in 1514 and prepared to take over from Eberhard. Eberhard was able to prevent the fief from falling back to the empire as finished after the Eppsteiners died out. To this end, in 1521 at the Reichstag in Worms, he obtained the written consent of Emperor Charles V that in the case of Eberhard and his brother George's death, the fiefs from the Reich should be given to the children of his sister Anna.

When Eberhard died on May 25, 1535, Anna's son Ludwig zu Stolberg became the sole heir according to Eberhard's succession regulations. With that, the rule of Eppstein and the county of Königstein fell to the Counts of Stolberg .

Anna's eldest daughter, Anna zu Stolberg , was Anna II, the 28th abbess of the Reichsstift zu Quedlinburg . Her second daughter Juliana zu Stolberg was also brought up at the court of Count Eberhard IV in Königstein. She had numerous offspring and became the ancestor of the older and younger line of the House of Orange , the ruling royal family of the Netherlands .

Anna von Eppstein-Königstein died on August 7, 1538, only six weeks after her husband Botho III., In Stolberg.

progeny

  • Wolfgang zu Stolberg (born October 1, 1501 - † March 8, 1552), married to Dorothea von Regenstein-Blankenburg and Genovefa von Wied
  • Botho (* 1502; † around May 2, 1503)
  • Anna II zu Stolberg (born January 28, 1504, † March 4, 1574) became abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey at the age of 12 with papal approval
  • Ludwig zu Stolberg (January 12, 1505; † September 1, 1574), married to Walpurga Johanna von Wied-Runkel (* around 1510/15; † 1578)
  • Juliana zu Stolberg (born February 15, 1506 - † June 18, 1580), married to Philip II of Hanau-Munzenberg and Wilhelm the Rich from Nassau-Dillenburg
  • Maria (8 December 1507 - 6 January 1571), married to Kuno II, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg († 1547)
  • Heinrich zu Stolberg (January 2, 1509 - November 12, 1572), married to Elisabeth von Gleichen-Rembda († 1578)
  • Philip (May 24, 1510 - September 21, 1531)
  • Magdalena zu Stolberg (November 6, 1511 - November 19, 1546), married to Ulrich IX, Count of Regenstein-Blankenburg
  • Eberhard (1513; † April 21, 1526)
  • Katharina (October 24, 1514; † June 18, 1577), married to Albrecht von Henneberg († 1549)
  • Albrecht Georg (March 2, 1516 - July 4, 1587), Count of Stolberg
  • Christoph (born January 10, 1524, † August 8, 1581)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludowika von der Mark. In: genealogy.net. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Stadtarchiv Butzbach, Martini 1510/1511 Section XV 7b Convolute 18 Fsc. 1. Sheet 101 recto. - published in Butzbacher Geschichts-Blätter No. 273 of May 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Ellengard Jung: The Counts of Stolberg and Dr. Martin Luther. Friends of the Stolberg-Stolberg eV, accessed on January 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Regina Schäfer: Scope of action of noble mistresses in the late Middle Ages . In: Jörg Rogge (Hrsg.): Fürstin und Fürst: Family relationships and opportunities for action by noble women in the Middle Ages . Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7995-4266-3 , p. 203-223 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ a b Jörg Brückner: Between Imperial Estates and Estates . The Counts of Stolberg and their relationship with the Landgraves of Thuringia and later dukes, electors and kings of Saxony (1210 to 1815). ( Online ( Memento from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF]).
personal data
SURNAME Anna of Eppstein-Königstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Koenigstein
DATE OF BIRTH 1481
PLACE OF BIRTH Königstein im Taunus
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1538
Place of death City of Stolberg (Harz)