Anna of Hesse

This article is about the daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. For the consort of Frederick Francis II, see Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine.

Anna of Hesse (26 October 1529, Kassel – 10 July 1591, Meisenheim) was a princess of Hesse by birth and marriage Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Anna of Hesse
Born	(1529-10-26)26 October 1529 Kassel
Died	10 July 1591(1591-07-10) (aged 61) Meisenheim
Spouse	Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken ​ ​ (m. 1544; died 1569)​
Issue Detail	Countess Palatine Christine Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken Countess Palatine Anna Countess Palatine Elisabeth Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein Barbara, Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Maria Elisabeth, Countess of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg
House	House of Hesse
Father	Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Christine of Saxony

Early life

Anna was a daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (1501–1567) from his marriage to Princess Christine of Saxony (1505–1549), a daughter of Duke George of Saxony.

Biography

She married Count Palatine Wolfgang of Zweibrücken (1526–1569) on 24 February 1544. After the death of her husband, Anna and her brother William and Elector Palatine Louis VI jointly acted as guardians for her children. William was also the executor of Wolfgang's testament.

Around 1590, Anna founded the St. Anne's churchyard in Heidelberg. In 1596, a stone monument in her honor was erected in this churchyard. When the churchyard was closed in 1845, the monument was moved to the Bergfriedhof churchyard.

Anna died in 1591 and was buried in the Lutheran Church of Meisenheim Castle.

Issue

Anna was constantly pregnant during much of her marriage, giving birth to thirteen children in just eighteen years. Ten of them lived to adulthood:

• Christine (1546–1619)
• Philip Louis (1547–1614), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg

  married in 1574 princess Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)

• John I (1550–1604), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

  married in 1579 princess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1553–1633)

• Dorothy Agnes (1551–1552), died in infancy
• Elizabeth (1553–1554), died in infancy
• Anna (1554–1576)
• Elizabeth (1555–1625)
• Otto Henry (1556–1604), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Sulzbach

  married in 1582 duchess Marie Dorothea of Württemberg (1559–1639)

• Frederick (1557–1597), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

  married in 1587 duchess Catherine Sophie of Legnica (1561–1608)

• Barbara (1559–1618)

  married in 1591 Count Gottfried of Oettingen-Oettingen (1554–1622)

• Charles I (1560–1600), Count Palatine of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

  married in 1586 duchess Maria Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1570–1649)

• Maria Elisabeth (1561–1629)

  married in 1585 Count Emich XII of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg (1562–1607)

• Susanna (1564–1565), died in infancy

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anna of Hesse

8. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse 4. William II, Landgrave of Hesse 9. Matilda of Württemberg-Urach 2. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse 10. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow 5. Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11. Sophie of Pomerania-Wolgast 1. Anna of Hesse 12. Albert III, Duke of Saxony 6. George, Duke of Saxony 13. Sidonie of Poděbrady 3. Christine of Saxony 14. Casimir IV Jagiellon 7. Barbara Jagiellon 15. Elisabeth of Austria

References

• Friedrich Rehm: Handbuch der Geschichte beider Hessen p. 82
• Christoph von Rommel: Geschichte von Hessen p. 609 ff

External links

• http://www.s197410804.online.de/Wittelsbacher/Anna.htm%5B%5D