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 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) and the

Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (14 February 1640 – 12 December 1693) was a daughter of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598–1654) and his first wife, Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine ...

(1640–1693). She died on 21 August 1715 and is said to have been buried in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau.

Marriage and issue

On 5 December 1685According to: Reinhard Suchier: ''Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses'', it happened on 24 November 1685 Johanna Magdalena married Count John Charles August of Leiningen-Dagsburg (born: 17 March 1662; died: 3 November 1698). They had the following children: # Anna Dorothea Charlotte (born: 11 August 1687; died young) # Alexandrine Catherine (born: 21 August 1688; died: November 1708) # Sophie Magdalena (born: 14 April 1691; died: 18 March 1727) ## married on 1 September 1723 Wild- and Rhinegrave John Charles Louis (born: 20 June 1686 at Rheingrafenstein Castle; died: 21 October 1740), son of Count Frederick William of Salm-Grumbach (1644–1706) and his wife Countess Louise of Leiningen (1654–1723) # Marie Christine Felicizitas (born: 29 December 1692; died: 3 June 1734 in

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) ## married on 4 December 1711 Prince Christopher of Baden-Durlach (born: 9 October 1684 at

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; died: 2 May 1723 in

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), son of the Margrave Frederick VII Magnus of Baden-Durlach (1647–1709) and his wife Princess Augusta Maria of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1649–1728) ## married on 29 May 1727 at Philippsruhe Castle in Hanau-Kesselstadt to Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach (born: 17 October 1666 in

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; died: 14 January 1729 in Eisenach), son of the Duke John George I of Saxe-Eisenach (1634–1686) and his wife Countess Johanetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1626–1701) # William Christian Reinhard (born: 30 September 1693 at Broich Castle; died: 1 December 1693, ibid) # Christian Karl Reinhard (born: 7 July 1695 at Broich Castle; died: 17 November 1766 in

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) ## married on 27 November 1726 in

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with Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim (born: 40 January 1702 in

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; died: 29 March 1765 in Heidenheim), daughter of Count Louis of Solms-Rödelheim (1664–1716) and his wife Countess Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeldt-Rixinger (1672–1716). In 1698, he succeeded his father as ruler of Leiningen-Dagsburg. # John Louis William (born: 5 April 1697 at Broich Castle; died: November 1742) ## married around 1730 to Sofie Eleonore (born: 1710 in Dagsburg; died: 19 June 1768), daughter of Count Leopold Emich of Leiningen (1685–1719) and his wife Countess Charlotte Amalie of Leiningen (1682–1729)

Ancestry

References

* 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 * 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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