Anna of Hesse
Anna of Hesse (born October 26, 1529 in Kassel , † July 10, 1591 in Meisenheim ) was Princess of Hesse and, by marriage, Countess Palatine von Zweibrücken .
Life
Anna was a daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (1504–1567) from his marriage to Christina (1505–1549), daughter of Duke Georg of Saxony .
On February 24, 1544, at the age of 14, she married the three years older Palatine and Duke Wolfgang von Zweibrücken (1526–1569) and had 13 children with him. After 25 years of marriage and the premature death of her husband after only 43 years, Anna's brother Wilhelm , together with Ludwig von der Pfalz , was the guardian of their children. Wolfgang had also appointed his brother-in-law to be the executor of his will.
Around 1590 Anna donated the St. Anna Kirchhof in Heidelberg , on which a stone monument was erected in her honor 6 years later. After the St. Anna cemetery was closed in 1845, the memorial was moved to the mountain cemetery.
Anna is buried in the Protestant castle church in Meisenheim.
progeny
Anna had the following children from their marriage:
- Christine (1546-1619)
- Philipp Ludwig (1547–1614), Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg inheritance
- ⚭ 1574 Princess Anna of Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1552–1632)
- Johann I (1550–1604), Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrücken inheritance
- ⚭ 1579 Princess Magdalena of Jülich-Kleve-Berg (1553–1633)
- Dorothea Agnes (1551–1552)
- Elisabeth (1553–1554)
- Anna (1554–1576)
- Elisabeth (1555-1625)
- Otto Heinrich (1556–1604), Count Palatinate and Duke of Pfalz-Sulzbach
- ⚭ 1582 Princess Dorothea Marie of Württemberg (1559–1639)
- Friedrich (1557–1597), Count Palatinate and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauß-Parkstein
- ⚭ 1587 Princess Katharina Sophie von Liegnitz (1561–1608)
- Barbara (1559-1618)
- ⚭ 1591 Count Gottfried zu Oettingen-Oettingen (1554–1622)
- Karl I (1560–1600), Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- ⚭ 1586 Princess Dorothea Maria of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1570–1649)
- Maria Elisabeth (1561–1629)
- ⚭ 1585 Count Emich XII. from Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg (1562–1607)
- Susanna (1564-1565)
literature
- Friedrich Rehm: Handbook of the history of both Hesse p. 82
- Christoph von Rommel: History of Hessen p. 609 f.
Web links
- For Anna of Hesse to bring the body of her husband Duke Wolfgang von Zweibrücken (1526–1569) home ( memorial from March 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Zweibrücken, Anna Duchess to. Hessian biography. (As of February 12, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anna of Hesse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1529 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1591 |
| Place of death | Meisenheim |