Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg
Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg | |
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| Born | 31 August 1629 Homburg |
| Died | 3 August 1686 (aged 56) Oberkotzau |
| Noble family | House of Hesse |
| Spouse(s) | Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg |
| Father | Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg |
| Mother | Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg |
Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg, (31 August 1629 in
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
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Life
Anna Margaret was the only daughter of Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg (1585–1638) from his marriage to Margaret Elizabeth (1604–1667), the daughter of Count Christopher of Leiningen-Westerburg.
She married on 5 May 1650 in Homburg to Duke Philip Louis of Holstein-Wiesenburg (1620–1689), who purchased Wiesenburg Castle and the associated Lordship in 1663.
From 1659, she employed her goddaughter
Philipp Jacob Spener and Johann Jakob Schütz
and developed a deep friendship with Anna Margaret's daughter Sophie Elisabeth.
Issue
From her marriage Anna Margaret had the following children:
- married in 1672 to Duchess Charlotte of Legnica (1652–1707), divorced in 1680
- George William (1652–1652)
- Sophie Elisabeth (1653–1684)
- married in 1676 to Duke Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681)
- Charles Louis (1654–1690)
- Eleanor Margaret (1655–1702)
- married in 1674 to Prince Maximilian II von und zu Liechtenstein (1641–1709)
- Christine Amalie (1656–1666)
- Anna Wilhelmina (1657–1657)
- John George (1658–1658)
- Leopold George (1660–1660)
- William Christian (1661–1711)
- Friederike Louise (1662–1663)
- Sophie Magdalene (1664–1720)
- Anna Friederike Philippine (1665–1748)
- married in 1702 to Duke Frederick Henry of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (1668–1713)
- Unnamed child (1666–1666)
- Johanna Magdalene Louise (1668–1732)
References
- Markus Matthias: Johann Wilhelm und Johanna Eleonora Petersen, p. 82, Online
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