Countess Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg (23 September 1632 in Buchsweiler (now Bouxwiller in France) – 5 December 1681 in Straßburg (now

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

, in France); buried in Lützelstein (now

La Petite-Pierre La Petite-Pierre (; german: Lützelstein; Rhine Franconian: ''Lítzelstain'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the historical and cultural region of Alsace (Elsass in German). Petit-Pierre ...

, France)) was a daughter of Count Philip Wolfgang (1595-1641) and his wife, Countess Johanna of Oettingen (1602-1639). Agatha Christine died on 5 December 1681 and, like many of her children and later her husband, she was buried in the parish church of Lützelstein.

Marriage and issue

She married on 4 July 1648 in Bischweiler to

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Leopold Louis of Veldenz (1 February 1623 – in Strasbourg; also buried in Lützelstein) and had the following children: #''unnamed daughter'' (1649-1649 in

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) #Anne Sophie (20 May 1650 in Lauterecken – 12 June 1706 in Morchingen (now

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, France), also buried in Lützelstein) # Gustav Philip (17 July 1651 in Lauterecken – 24 August 1679, allegedly murdered in Lauterecken; buried in the Lutheran church in Lauterecken) # Elisabeth Johanna (22 February 1653 in Lauterecken – 5 February 1718 in Morchingen; buried in

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), married on 27 July 1669 to Wild- and

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John XI of Salm-Kyrburg (d. 16 September 1688 in Flonheim; buried in the town church in

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) #Christine (29 March 1654 in Lauterecken – 18 February 1655 in Lützelstein) #Christine Louise (11 November 1655 in Lützelstein – 14 April 1656, ibid.) #Christian Louis (5 October 1656 in Lützelstein – 15 April 1658, ibid.) #

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(16 January 1658 in Lützelstein – 17 August 1723 in Strasbourg; buried in the parish church of Lützelstein), married on 10 July 1707 in

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...

to Count Palatine

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of Kleeburg and Zweibrücken (1670-1731), divorced on 23 April 1723 #Leopold Louis (14 March 1659 in Lützelstein – 17 March 1660 in Lützelstein; buried in Lützelstein) #Charles George (27 May 1660 in Lützelstein – 3 July 1686 outside

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) #Agatha Eleanore (29 June 1662 in Lützelstein – 1 January 1664, ibid.) #Augustus Leopold (22 December 1663 in Lützelstein – 9 September 1689 outside

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

), was a

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in the Bavarian army and was buried in the St. John's church in

Hanau Hanau () is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main and is part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its Hanau Hauptbahnhof, station is a ...

Ancestors

References

*Detlev Schwennicke: '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', new series, vol. I.1, table 103 * 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg 1632 births 1681 deaths People from Bas-Rhin Countesses Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire House of Hanau 17th-century German people