Johanna von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1543–1599)

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Countess Johanna von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* May 23, 1543 , Buchsweiler ; † December 5, 1599 in Babenhausen , also buried there) was a daughter of Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1514; † 1590) and Countess Eleonore von Fürstenberg (* 1523; † 1544).

Pedigree of Countess Johanna von Hanau-Lichtenberg
Great grandparents

Philip II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1462; † 1504)
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Anna von Isenburg -Büdingen († 1522)

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

Wolfgang von Fürstenberg (* 1465; † 1509)
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Elisabeth von Solms-Braunfels (* 1469; † 1540)

Christoph von Werdenberg († 1534)
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Eleonora Gonzaga of Mantua († 1512)

Grandparents

Philip III von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1482; † 1538)
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Sibylle von Baden -Sponheim (* 1485; † 1518)

Friedrich II. Von Fürstenberg (* 1596; † 1559)
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Anna von Werdenberg († 1554)

parents

Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1514; † 1590)
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Eleonore von Fürstenberg (* 1523; † 1544)

Johanna

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

On October 26, 1563, Johanna married Count Wolfgang von Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg (* June 12, 1533; † December 20, 1597). From this marriage it emerged:

  • Johann Georg (* 1564; † 1565)

In 1573 Johanna and Wolfgang separated. The reasons are not known. A dispute arose between her father and her ex-husband over the care of Johanna, as the latter refused to receive alimony because he was of the opinion that if he paid off the ex-wife's debts, he would meet his financial obligations. Count Palatine Reichard von Pfalz-Simmern acted as a mediator. It was not until 1588 that a settlement was made, according to which Count von Hanau-Lichtenberg was supposed to support Johanna for his entire life, but when Count Wolfgang von Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg died, his heirs had to pay 3000 guilders to Hanau-Lichtenberg.

After separating from her husband, Countess Johanna lived in Babenhausen Castle .

literature

  • Hans-Georg Sturm: Count Palatine Reichard of Simmern . Dissertation. Trier 1968.
  • 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 . 3rd edition, Hanau 1919, ND 1978.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Sturm, p. 164f
personal data
SURNAME Hanau-Lichtenberg, Johanna von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johanna von Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of Count Philip IV (Hanau-Lichtenberg)
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1543
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchsweiler
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1599
Place of death Babenhausen