Margarethe von Hanau (1411–1441)

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Margarethe von Hanau (* 1411 ; † April 29, 1441 ) was a daughter of Reinhard II of Hanau , who became the first Count of Hanau in 1429, and of Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein († September 6, 1459 ).

Pedigree of Margarethe von Hanau
Great grandparents

Ulrich III. von Hanau (* 1310; † 1369/70)
∞
Adelheid von Nassau († 1344)

Eberhard von Wertheim (*; † 1373)
∞
Katharina von Hohenzollern († after 1369)

Heinrich I of Nassau-Beilstein († 1378/80)
∞
Meyna von Westerburg († 1388)

Arnold von Randerode
∞
?

Grandparents

Ulrich IV. Von Hanau (* 1330/40; † 1380)
∞
Elisabeth von Wertheim (* 1347; † 1378)

Heinrich II. Of Nassau-Beilstein († 1412)
∞
Katharina von Randerode († approx. 1415)

parents

Reinhard II. Von Hanau (* approx. 1369; † 1451)
∞
Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein († 1459)

Margarethe

For the family cf. Main article: Hanau (noble family)

Margarethe married Gottfried VIII von Eppstein -Diez († 1466) in 1439 . The Wittums contract dates from November 13, 1439. The Wittum was expelled on January 17, 1440 on Camberg and Massenheim as well as Würges , Erbach , Alsdorf ( desert ), Haintchen , Hasselbach , Eisenbach , Dauborn , Eufingen , Gnadenthal , Hahnstätten and Neisen . The contract for the morning gift , on the other hand, does not date until July 3, 1440.

From the marriage emerged:

  1. Gottfried IX. († December 24, 1522 in Mainz ), married to Countess of the Wild and Rhine, Walpurgis von Dhaun-Kyrburg († September 28, 1493), widow of Count Kuno von Solms -Rödelheim
  2. Johann († 1544), canon , later cathedral scholastic and 1514: Choir Bishop of St. Gereon in Cologne .

Margarethe was buried in the Eppstein valley church . After her death, Gottfried VIII married Agnes von Runkel († July 27, 1481) in 1451 .

literature

  • Friedrich Battenberg : Stolberg documents. Regesta on the documents and copies of the princes and counts of Stolberg in Ortenberg, in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt and in the State Archives in Magdeburg. 1191 - 1840 (= repertories of the Hessian State Archives Darmstadt 21). Hessian State Archives, Darmstadt 1985, ISBN 3-88443-234-6 .
  • Reinhard Dietrich: The abdication of Ulrich V. von Hanau - causes and consequences. In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. 31, 1993, ZDB -ID 957666-6 , pp. 7-33.
  • Freytag von Loringhoven (Hrsg.): European family tables, family tables for the history of the European states. Volume 3. Unchanged reprint of the 3rd edition. Stargardt, Marburg 1975, plate 89.
  • Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables. Family tables on the history of the European states. XVII, plate 25.
  • Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house. In: Reinhard Suchier (Hrsg.): Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894. Hanau History Association, Hanau 1894.
  • Ernst J. Zimmermann : Hanau, city and country. Cultural history and chronicle of a Franconian-Wetterauischen city and former. County. With special consideration of the older time. Increased edition, self-published, Hanau 1919 (Unchanged reprint. Peters, Hanau 1978, ISBN 3-87627-243-2 ).

proof

  1. ↑ The waiver of claims against the County of Hanau (Marburg State Archives: OIa 1439.01.02.) Dates from January 2, 1440. Since such a document was only issued when the dowry was paid out, which usually only took place after the wedding, is from a marriage in 1439.
  2. ↑ Battenberg, No. 419
  3. ^ Regina Schäfer: The Lords of Eppstein . Wiesbaden 2000, p. 453, note 540 and 569
  4. ↑ LHASA, MD, H 9-2, 15 Subject 1-2 No. 83
personal data
SURNAME Hanau, Margarethe von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Margarethe von Eppstein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Gottfried VIII von Eppstein
DATE OF BIRTH 1411
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1441