Dorothea von Hanau-Munzenberg

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Countess Dorothea von Hanau-Münzenberg (* February 4, 1556 - September 5, 1638 ) was a daughter of Count Philip III. von Hanau-Münzenberg and the Countess Palatine Helena von Simmern .

origin

Pedigree of Countess Dorothea von Hanau-Munzenberg
Great grandparents

Reinhard IV von Hanau-Münzenberg (* 1473; † 1512)
⚭
Katharina von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (* 1470; † 1514)

Bodo zu Stolberg (* 1467; † 1538)
⚭
Anna von Eppstein-Königstein (* 1482; † 1538)

Johann I von Pfalz-Simmern (* 1459; † 1509)
⚭
Johanna von Nassau-Saarbrücken (* 1464; † 1521)

Christoph I of Baden (* 1453; † 1527)
⚭
Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen (* 1451; † 1517)

Grandparents

Philip II of Hanau-Münzenberg (* 1501; † 1529)
⚭ 1st
Juliana zu Stolberg (* 1506; † 1580)

Johann II of Pfalz-Simmern (* 1492; † 1557)
⚭
Beatrix of Baden (* 1492; † 1535)

parents

Philip III von Hanau-Münzenberg (* 1526; † 1561)
⚭
Helena von Simmern (* 1532; † 1579)

Dorothea

For the family cf. Main article: Lords and Counts of Hanau

First marriage

Dorothea was married twice: in her first marriage on June 15, 1571 with the Reichshofrat Count Anton von Ortenburg (1550–1573). He came from the Count's family from Ortenburg . His father, Count Joachim von Ortenburg , continued Protestantism in his county against the neighboring Roman Catholic Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria in alliance with Friedrich III. from the Palatinate through. The marriage was supposed to strengthen the Protestant cause in Germany and was indirectly directed against Bavaria. Dorothea also had a sizeable dowry of 10,000 guilders to offer, while the Ortenburgers were short of money during this time because of their dispute with Bavaria and the effort required by the bridegroom as Reichshofrat caused considerable costs. Before the matter became official, Anton and Dorothea were allowed to see each other at the court of the Palatinate Elector in Heidelberg in May 1570. Anton had officially traveled to the Reichstag in Speyer . The marriage took place at Ortenburg Castle. It lasted four days and cost 8,000 guilders. Count Anton died on May 23, 1573. Posthumously this marriage resulted in a son, Friedrich, on December 1, 1573, who died four days later.

The only 17-year-old widow had nothing to do with Ortenburg after the death of her husband. She wanted to go back to her family of origin in Hanau. The financial settlement of the matter was moot. It took until 1575 before Dorothea could leave Ortenburg and the dispute dragged on until 1582. According to her father-in-law, the matter is said to have cost him 23,000 guilders.

Second marriage

Dorothea's second marriage was on November 28, 1585 with Count Volrad von Gleichen -Kranichfeld-Blankenhain-Ehrenstein-Remda (* March 4, 1556 - † March 8, 1627 in Blankenhain ). He studied at the University of Jena from 1573 to 1576 .

From this marriage emerged:

  • Daughter (baptized March 3, 1587 in Blankenhain; † before 1623)
  • Daughter (baptized February 18, 1588 in Blankenhain; † before 1623)
  • Dorothea Susanna, heiress of Blankenhain and Kranichfeld, († 1638); ⚭ (before November 1, 1619) with Freiherr Georg von Mörsperg and Belfort († after February 17, 1642)
  • Anna Elisabeth († young in Blankenhain)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm († 1599)

This second marriage of Dorothea von Hanau-Münzenberg was divorced in 1596.

death

Dorothea died on September 5, 1638. A funeral sermon appeared in print for her funeral.

literature

  • Adrian Willem Eliza Dek: De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster. In: Mirror of History. Vol. 3, No. 7/8, 1968, ZDB -ID 428272-3 , pp. 225-304.
  • 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.
  • Gunter Wieland: Anton Graf zu Ortenburg (1550-1573) - early end of a great hope . In: Förderkreis Schloss Ortenburg (ed.): Ortenburg - Reichsgrafschaft and 450 years Reformation 1563-2013 . Ortenburg 2013, pp. 96-100.
  • Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau Stadt und Land , 3rd edition, Hanau 1919, ND 1978.

References

  1. ↑ Wieland, p. 100.
  2. ↑ Wieland, p. 100.
  3. ↑ Dek, p. 232; D. Schwennicke: European Family Tables V. NF XIX. , Plate 101. Frankfurt a. M. 2000, ISBN 3-465-03074-5 .
  4. ^ Evidence: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg , 81st Hanau Government A 29.8.
personal data
SURNAME Hanau-Munzenberg, Dorothea von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dorothea von Ortenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobles
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1556
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1638