Susanna Margarethe of Anhalt-Dessau
Susanna Margarethe von Anhalt-Dessau (* August 25, 1610 - † October 3, 1663 , in Babenhausen ) was a daughter of Prince Johann Georg I of Anhalt-Dessau (* 1567 - † 1618) and the Countess Palatine Dorothea von Pfalz-Simmern .
She was first betrothed to Count Johann Ernst von Hanau-Münzenberg-Schwarzenfels (* 1613; † 1642), the last male heir from the family of the Counts of Hanau-Münzenberg, in 1641, who died before the wedding.
Then she married on February 16, 1651 Count Johann Philipp von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1626; † 1669), a younger brother of the now reigning Count of Hanau, Friedrich Casimir (* 1623; † 1685), who in turn was with Susanna's sister Margarethe, Sibylle Christine von Anhalt-Dessau (* 1603, † 1686), was married. Both marriages remained childless.
literature
- Reinhard Dietrich : The state constitution in Hanau. In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. 34, Hanau 1996. ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
- 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.
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| SURNAME | Susanna Margarethe of Anhalt-Dessau |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Susanna Margarethe von Hanau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, by marriage Countess of Hanau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1610 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1663 |
| Place of death | Babenhausen |