Anna von Lichtenberg

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Anna von Lichtenberg on her epitaph in the town church of Babenhausen
Epitaphs of Philip I, the elder, of Hanau-Lichtenberg, his wife, Anna von Lichtenberg, and their sons Johann and Dieter in the town church of Babenhausen (Hesse)
Grave slab of Anna von Lichtenberg in the town church of Babenhausen (Hesse)
Count Johann von Hanau-Lichtenberg
Count Dieter von Hanau-Lichtenberg

Anna von Lichtenberg (born October 25, 1442 , in Lichtenau ; † January 24, 1474 ) was the heir to the Lichtenberg rule , a daughter of Ludwig V of Lichtenberg and Elisabeth von Hohenlohe and, on her father's side, a granddaughter of Elisabeth von Hanau († 1495). Anna had been married to Count Philipp I, the elder, von Hanau-Babenhausen since September 3, 1458 .

family

From the marriage emerged:

  1. Johann (* approx. 1460; † September 4, 1473), buried in the town church of St. Nikolaus in Babenhausen
  2. Philip II (born May 31, 1462 in Hanau, † August 22, 1504 in Babenhausen)
  3. Margarethe (* May 15, 1463, Lichtenberg; † May 26, 1504), married to Count Adolf III. from Nassau-Idstein-Wiesbaden
  4. Ludwig von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 23 August 1464; † 30 December 1484, Trient )
  5. Anna († 1491), nun in the Marienborn monastery
  6. Dieter (approx. 1468; † February 25, 1473), buried in the town church of St. Nicholas in Babenhausen. In addition to his epitaph in the town church of Babenhausen, there is also a representation of him on a stained glass window from the chapel of his grandfather, Ludwig V von Lichtenberg , which is now in the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe .
  7. Albrecht (* before 1474; † June 24, 1491), buried in Buchsweiler

death

Anna died in 1474 and is buried in the town church of St. Nikolaus in Babenhausen with her husband and their two sons, Johannes and Dieter, who died early. Grave slabs and epitaphs are preserved there in situ . In addition, other representations of her have been preserved: On the St. Adelphus carpets, which are kept in the Peter and Paul Church in Neuwiller-lès-Saverne in Alsace , and on a stained glass window from the chapel of the dead, of her father, Louis V. the same church that is now in the Baden State Museum.

Lichtenberg inheritance

In 1480 her husband, through her intermediary, inherited half of the Lichtenberg dominion, which was mostly in Alsace , for the children of their uncle, Jakob von Lichtenberg , who had died childless , together with their sister, who was married to Count Simon Wecker von Zweibrücken . This territorial gain turned the until then modest County of Hanau-Babenhausen into a sizable territory, which in future was called County of Hanau-Lichtenberg .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven: European family tables III. Marburg 1976, plate 90, describes her more inappropriately as "Agnes".
  2. ^ Deviating March 3, 1474: Scholz: Insschriften , p. 67, no. 4.
  3. ^ Probst, p. 193.
  4. ^ Probst, pp. 87, 192.

literature

  • Reinhard Dietrich : The state constitution in the Hanauischen = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 34. Hanau 1996. ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
  • Karl Gruber: The last Lichtenbergers . In: Alsatian sheets for German literature 14, No. 6. Strasbourg 1907. pp. 135–146.
  • JG Lehmann: Documented history of the county Hanau-Lichtenberg in the lower Alsace . 2 vol., O. O. 1862 (?). ND Pirmasens 1970.
  • Fried Lübbecke : Hanau. City and county . Cologne 1951
  • Alfred Matt: Le mariage de Philippe I de Hanau Avec Anne de Lichtenberg or “La naissance d'un Comté” . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 47-49.
  • Gisela Probst: The Memoria of the Lords of Lichtenberg in Neuweiler (Alsace). Adelphus carpets, high grave of Ludwig V († 1471), holy grave (1478), glass paintings = new research on German art XI. Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-87157-241-8
  • Sebastian Scholz: The "Eternal Adoration" of Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg and his family. Forms of expression of aristocratic memoria and piety in the late Middle Ages . In: Contributions to the history of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Published for the 20th anniversary of the partnership between the two former royal residence cities of Babenhausen and Bouxwiller = Babenhausen once and now 31 (2004), p. 19ff.
  • 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.
personal data
SURNAME Lichtenberg, Anna von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobles
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1442
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtenau
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1474