Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (14 February 1640 – 12 December 1693) was a daughter of

Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler Christian I (3 November 1598 – 6 September 1654) was the Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1600 until 1654. Life Christian was born in Birkenfeld in 1598 as the youngest son of Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. His fathe ...

(1598–1654) and his first wife,

Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken Magdalena Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken (german: Magdalena Katharina von Pfalz-Zweibrücken; 26 April 1607, Zweibrücken – 20 January 1648, Strasbourg) was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Duchess ...

(1606–1648).

Life

Anna Magdalena was born in

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 ...

. She married, on 18 October 1659,

Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg ( in Bouxwiller – 25 April 1666 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg) was a younger son of Count Philipp Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) and Countess Johanna of Oettingen-Oettingen (d. 16 ...

(1628–1666), a posthumous member of the House of Hanau, who never came to the throne. The marriage produced five children: *

Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg (18 December 1660, Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 21 August 1715, Hanau) was a daughter of Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666) and the Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld ...

(18 December 1660 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 21 August 1715). She is said to have been buried in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau; married on 5 December 1685 to

John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg Johann Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (; 19 March 1662 in Schloss Broich, Mülheim an der Ruhr – 13 November 1698 in Schloss Broich) was a German nobleman. By descent, he was Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg, by heritage, h ...

(17 March 1662 - 3 November 1698). *

Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler) was a daughter of Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666) and Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Bir ...

(11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler); married on 27 September 1697 to Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 - 25 May 1728) * Franziska Albertina of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1 May 1663 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 1736 in Ottweiler); unmarried. *

Philip Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

(2 August 1664 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 4 October 1712 at Philippsruhe Castle in

Hanau Hanau () is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main and is part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its station is a major railway junction and it has a port on the ri ...

) *

Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg (31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am hohen Steg (now called Rheinbischofsheim) – 28 March 1736 in ''Schloss Philippsruhe'', Hanau) was the last of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He reigned from 1680 to 17 ...

(31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg - 28 March 1736 in Philippsruhe Castle). Anna Magdalena's widow seat was

Babenhausen Castle Babenhausen may refer to: * Babenhausen, Hesse, city in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, Hesse, Germany * Babenhausen, Bavaria Babenhausen is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. It is seat of a municipal associat ...

in Babenhausen.

Death

Anna Magdalena died on 12 December 1693 at Babenhausen and was buried on 6 February 1694 in the family vault of the St. John's Church in Hanau. This tomb, including Anna Magdalena's grave, was in completely destroyed by bombing during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. On the occasion of her funeral, several funeral sermons appeared in print: * Anonymous, ''Klüglich gewählet, seelig entseelet ...'', printed in Hanau in 1694 by Johann Adolph Aubry * Anonymous, ''Kürzlich entworfene Personalia ...'' * Friedrich Christian of Edelsheim, Hanau in 1694? * Johann Daniel Guckelin, uneral sermon * M. Langermann und Johannes Laurentius, ''Lob- und Ehrengedächtnis ...'', printed in Hanau by Johann Adolph Aubry * Adam Sellius, uneral sermonref>''Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung''. Bd. 3, Leipzig 1930, #12 638

References

* ''Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung''. Bd. 3, Leipzig 1930. * ''Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften im Hessischen Staatsarchiv Darmstadt'' = ''Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen'', vol. 13, Sigmaringen, 1991. * Rudolf Lenz u.a.: ''Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften in der Universitätsbibliothek Gießen'' = ''Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen'', vol. 7,1. Marburg,1985. * Reinhard Suchier: ''Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses'', in: ''Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894'', Hanau, 1894. * Reinhard Suchier: ''Die Grabmonumente und Särge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Häusern Hanau und Hessen'', in: ''Programm des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Hanau'', Hanau, 1879. p. 1 - 56. *Ernst J. Zimmermann: ''Hanau Stadt und Land''., 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978.

Footnotes

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