Countess Agatha Marie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (22 August 159923 May 1636) was a daughter of Count Johann Reinhard I (1569-1625) and his wife, Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1576-1605). Agatha Marie was born in Buchsweiler (now Bouxwiller). She died on 23 May 1636 in the city of Baden (now called

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) and was buried in Rappoltsweiler (now called

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Marriage and issue

She married on to George Frederick of Rappoltstein (14 July 1593 – in Strasbourg). He was a son of Eberhard of Rappoltstein (12 March 1570 – 17 August 1637 in Strasbourg) and the Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna of Kyrburg-Mörchingen (1572 – 25 August 1608). After Agatha Marie's death, George Frederick would remarry in 1640 to Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of Solms-Sonnewalde. From her marriage Agatha Marie had two children: * Stillborn son (). * Agatha Fredericka ( – ).

Ancestors

References

* Reinhard Dietrich: ''Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen'', in the series ''Hanauer Geschichtsblätter'', vol. 34, Hanau, 1996, * Detlev Schwennicke: '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'' * 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 House of Hanau German countesses People from Saverne 1599 births 1636 deaths {{Germany-countess-stub