Countess Magdalena Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (28 March 1611 – 26 February 1687) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of Count

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-Schwarzenfels (1579-1635) and his wife, Countess Ehrengard of Isenburg (1577-1637).

Life

On 28 March 1636, she married the Imperial

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, George Frederick Schenk of Limpurg-Speckfeld (27 June 1596 – 5 December 1651). He was a son of Eberhard Schenk of Limpurg-Speckfeld (1560-1622) and Countess Catherine of Hanau-Lichtenberg. During the

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, George Frederick served in the armies of

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and King

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. Magdalena Elisabeth and George Frederick had at least three children:Complete data is not available: Wunder et al. only show male family members they consider genealogically significant * Francis (1637-1673) * Vollrat (1641-1713), the last member of the Limpurg-Speckfeld line * George Eberhard (1643-1705)

Ancestors

References

* Reinhard Dietrich: ''Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen'', in the series ''Hanauer Geschichtsblätter'', vol. 34, Hanau, 1996, * Reinhard Suchier: ''Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses'', in: ''Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894'', Hanau, 1894 * Gerd Wunder, Max Schefold, and Herta Beutter: ''Die Schenken von Limpurg und ihr Land'', in the series ''Forschungen aus Württembergisch Franken'', vol. 20, Sigmaringen, 1982 * Ernst J. Zimmermann: ''Hanau Stadt und Land'', 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978

Footnotes

House of Hanau 1611 births 1687 deaths 17th-century German people {{Germany-noble-stub