Anna Maria von Eggenberg, née Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Anna Maria von Eggenberg, née Brandenburg-Bayreuth | |
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| Born | 30 December 1609 Ödenburg |
| Spouse | Johann Anton I von Eggenberg |
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| Family | Hohenzollern |
Anna Maria Princess of Eggenberg, née Brandenburg-Bayreuth (born 30 December 1609 in
Eggenberg
.
Life
Anna Maria was a daughter of the Margrave Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth from his marriage with Marie of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia.
She was married according to the Roman Catholic rite into the
Habsburg hereditary lands as well as the Thirty Years' War
.
Upon the early death of her husband in 1649 Anna Maria, together with her father and Wolf von
Stubenberg held the guardianship of both underage sons, agreeing to remain in Habsburg hereditary lands and to raise them in the Catholic tradition, as well as administration of the Eggenberg possessions. This, as well as her extensive correspondence with her two sons, showed her to be a wise, circumspect and loving mother.[4] During her guardianship, coins were minted featuring portraits of both sons at the mint in Český Krumlov Castle.[5] The princess was also a significant patron supporting the construction of the pilgrimage church of Mary of the Snows (German: Maria Schnee Kirche, Czech: Svatý Kámen nad Malší) near Krumau (Czech: Český Krumlov) in Bohemia
.
Having died unexpectedly at the young age of 39, Johann Anton I left his family with only a draft of a
testament that was both unsigned and not notarized but left the bulk of the possessions to the eldest son. Princess Anna Maria refused to recognize the draft as legitimate[6] and administered the Eggenberg possessions until 1664 when the two brothers took over control, though it wasn't until 1672 that they actually settled on a division of the possessions amongst themselves. Anna Maria further demonstrated her mothering instincts by going personally to the emperor himself to request that her daughter be compensated with an equivalent sum as a dowry.[7]
Upon a visit to the town of
Brandenburg-Bayreuth above the main gate and the Hohenzollern coat of arms beneath what was the pulpit above the courtyard. She died in this house on 8 May 1680 and is interred with her parents in the City Church (German: Stadtkirche) of Bayreuth
.
Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Elisabeth von Eggenberg, Fürstin of Eggenberg | 1640 |
1715 |
Married 1656, Fürst Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein (1636–1698) |
| Johann Christian I von Eggenberg, Fürst of Eggenberg | 1641 |
1710 |
Married 1666, Prinzessin Maria Ernestina zu Schwarzenberg (1649–1719) |
| Maria Franziska | 1643 |
1643 |
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| Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg, Fürst of Eggenberg | 1644 |
1713 |
Married 1666, Princess Maria Eleonora from and to (1690–1715) |
Ancestors
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References
- ^ Walther Ernest Heydendorff. Die Fürsten und Freiherren zu Eggenberg und ihre Vorfahren. Graz: Verlag Styria, 1965, pp. 161.
- ^ Johann Samuel Ersch: Band 31 von Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, J. f. Gleditsch, 1838, S. 209 f. (Digitalisat)
- ISBN 3-902510-80-3 (available in German or English editions through the Universalmuseum Joanneum)
- ISBN 3-902510-80-3 (available in German or English editions through the Universalmuseum Joanneum)
- ^ "Das Prägen von Münzen im Schloß in Český Krumlov".
- ^ Walther Ernest Heydendorff. Die Fürsten und Freiherren zu Eggenberg und ihre Vorfahren. Graz: Verlag Styria, 1965, pp. 176.
- ^ Jahrbücher der Literatur, Band 107–108, C. Gerold, 1844, S. 39 (Digitalisat)
Literature
- Barbara Kaiser. Schloss Eggenberg. Graz: Christian Brandstätter Verlag, 2006, p. 60. ISBN 3-902510-80-3 (available in German or English editions through the Universalmuseum Joanneum)
- Walther Ernest Heydendorff. Die Fürsten und Freiherren zu Eggenberg und ihre Vorfahren. Graz: Verlag Styria, 1965, pp. 161–163, 175–184.
- Christian von Stramberg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach. Denkwürdiger und nützlicher rheinischer Antiquarius: Welcher die wichtisten und angenehmsten geographischen, historischen und politischen Merkwürdigkeiten des ganzen Rheinstroms, von seinem Ausflusse in das Meer bis zu seinem Ursprunge darstellt, Band 1, Teil 4, R. F. Hergt, 1863, p. 413 ff.