Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena
Born(1640-02-14)14 February 1640
Strasbourg
Died12 December 1693(1693-12-12) (aged 53)
Babenhausen
BuriedSt. John's Church in Hanau
Noble familyWittelsbach
Spouse(s)Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg
FatherChristian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
MotherCountess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken

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 of Zweibrücken (1606–1648).

Life

Anna Magdalena was born in Strasbourg. She married, on 18 October 1659, Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666), a posthumous member of the House of Hanau, who never came to the throne. The marriage produced five children:

Anna Magdalena's widow seat was Babenhausen Castle 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.[2] This tomb, including Anna Magdalena's grave, was in completely destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.

On the occasion of her funeral, several funeral sermons appeared in print:

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Suchier, Grabmonumente, p. 53
  2. ^ Some sources claim that she was buried in Babenhausen, but this was definitively refuted by: Reinhard Suchier: Die Grabmonumente und Särge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Häusern Hanau und Hessen, p. 46 ff
  3. ^ Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften im Hessischen Staatsarchiv Darmstadt = Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen, vol. 13, Sigmaringen, 1991, #70
  4. ^ Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften im Hessischen Staatsarchiv Darmstadt = Marburger Personalschriften-Forschungen, vol. 13, Sigmaringen, 1991, #71
  5. ^ Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung, vol. 3, Leipzig, 1930, #12 637 (possibly identical with the funeral sermon of M. Langermann and Johannes Laurentius, because of Edelsheim is also present as co-author there)
  6. ^ Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung. Bd. 3, Leipzig 1930, #12 637
  7. ^ Rudolf Lenz u.a.: Katalog der Leichenpredigten und sonstigen Trauerschriften in der Universitätsbibliothek Gießen, p. 110, # 970
  8. ^ Katalog der fürstlich Stolberg-Stolberg’schen Leichenpredigten-Sammlung. Bd. 3, Leipzig 1930, #12 638
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