Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1542 Lichtenberg |
| Died | 5 January 1580 (aged 37) |
| Noble family | House of Hanau |
| Spouse(s) | Louis of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl |
| Father | Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Mother | Eleonore of Fürstenberg |
Countess Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg (16 May 1542 – 5 January 1580[1]) was a German noblewoman. She was born in Lichtenberg, the eldest surviving daughter of Count Philipp IV (20 May 1512 – 19 February 1590) and his wife, Countess Eleonore of Fürstenberg (11 October 1523 – 26 April 1544).
Marriage and issue
Anna Sibylle married on 12 October 1562 Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (1542-1577). They had a son:
- Philip Wolfgang of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (d. 1618). Married to 1 Alexandra of Rappoltstein (15 March 1565 – 9 April 1610).
- Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (1588-1644), regent of Hanau, last of the Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl line. Married to Maria Magdalena of Hohensachsen (d. after 1628).
Legacy
This marriage proved to be important to the history of the House of Hanau and the counties of
liege lord
of Hanau-Münzenberg.
Ancestors
| Ancestors of Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Reinhard Dietrich: Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen, in the series Hanauer Geschichtsblätter, vol. 34, Hanau, 1996, ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
- Wilhelm Morhardt: Hanau alt's - in Ehren b'halt's — Die Grafen von Hanau-Lichtenberg in Geschichte und Geschichten, in the series Babenhausen einst und jetzt, vol. 10, Babenhausen, 1984
- Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, new series, vol. VII, table 26
- Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894
- Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978
Footnotes
.svg){kind=small} | This article about a member of the German nobility is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |