Dorothea Diana of Salm
Dorothea Diana of Salm | |
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| Born | 25 July 1604 Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Father | John IX of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen |
| Mother | Anna Catherine of Criechingen |
Diana Dorothea of Salm (25 July 1604 intwin sisterAnna Amalia, later Countess of Königseck, was born.
Life
Her father died while the twin sisters were still young. During the
Catholic troops. Eventually they settled in Strasbourg
. Here, Dorothea Diana married twice:
- On 1 March 1636, she married Count Philip Louis of Rappoltstein (d. 25 February 1637). However, he died after nearly one year of marriage. This marriage remained childless.
- On 18 May 1640, she married Count Philip Wolfgangof Hanau-Lichtenberg. (1595–1641). He, too, died after less than a year of marriage. This marriage also remained childless.
After her second marriage, she left Strasbourt. The couple first live at
Philip IV
. After John Ernest died in 1642, George II acted as the sole regent. After George II died in 1644, Count George Albert of Erbach took up the guardianship. He died in 1647. Since this was only a few months before Frederick Casimir came of age on his 25th birthday, no new regent was appointed.
In 1651, Dorothea Diana decided that her step-children were old enough to fend for themselves. She left the residence in Buchsweiler and retired to her widow seat in Wörth, where she lived until she died in 1672.
Death
She died on 19 December 1672 and was buried in
Philipp Jacob Spener, Quirinus Moscherosch
, and Georg Wilhelm Spener.
References
- Fritz Roth: Restlose Auswertung von Leichenpredigten und Personalschriften für genealogische Zwecke, vol. 6, self-published, Boppart, 1970
- Reinhard Suchier (ed): Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanauer Geschichtsverein, Hanau, 1894
- Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land. Kulturgeschichte und Chronik einer fränkisch-wetterauischen Stadt und ehemal. Grafschaft. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der älteren Zeit., extended edition, self-published, Hanau, 1919, unaltered reprint: Peters, Hanau, 1978
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