Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg

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Anna Maria of Neuburg
Anna of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
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Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg (18 August 1575, Neuburg an der Donau – 11 February 1643, Dornburg) was Countess Palatine of Neuburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.

Life

Anna Maria was the eldest child of the Count Palatine and Duke

Anna (1552–1632), daughter of Duke William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
.

She was married on 9 September 1591 in Neuburg to Duke

Thirty Years' War
, Anna Maria resisted the attackers but was robbed and wounded in the cheek. With the help of citizens rushed to the scene, the attackers were averted. Out of gratitude for this assistance, the Duchess donated a chalice to the local church.

Anna Maria died in 1643 and was buried in the brick royal crypt in the Brethren Church in Altenburg.[2]

Issue

From her marriage With Frederic William, Anna Maria had the following children:

  • John Philip
    (1597–1639), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
married in 1618 princess
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(1593–1650)
  • Anna Sophie (1598–1641)
married in Duke in 1618
Charles Frederick I of Münsterberg-Oels
(1593–1647)
  • Frederick
    (1599–1625), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
  • John William
    (1600–1632), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
  • Dorothea (1601–1675)
married in 1633 Duke Albert IV of Saxe-Eisenach (1599–1644)
  • Frederick William II
    (1603–1669), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
married firstly in 1638 Princess Sophie Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1616–1650)
married secondly, in 1652 Princess Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617–1668)

References

  • Luise Hallof, Klaus Hallof: The inscriptions of the district Jena, Akademie Verlag, 1995, p. 159 ff.
  • Association for Thuringian history and archeology, Jena: Journal of the Society for Thuringian History and Archaeology, Volume 6–7, G. Fischer, 1865, p. 248 ff.
  • Johann Samuel Ersch: General Encyclopedia of the sciences and arts, Volume 50, J.f. Gleditsch, 1849, p. 81

External links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Johann G. Gruner: History of Frederick William I, 1791, p. 71
  2. ^ Christian Häutle: Genealogy of illustrious House of Wittelsbach, 1870, p. 183
Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg
Born: 18 August 1575 Died: 11 February 1643
German royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Sophie of Württemberg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar

9 September 1591 – 7 July 1602 		Succeeded by
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