Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg (6 July 1564^[1] at Château de Lichtenberg – 24 March 1636 in Runkel) was the first child of Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg from his first marriage with Countess Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1540-1569).

Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Born	(1564-07-06)6 July 1564 Château de Lichtenberg
Died	24 March 1636(1636-03-24) (aged 71) Runkel
Noble family	House of Hanau
Spouse(s)	Wilhelm IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg
Father	Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Mother	Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch

Life

On 1 February 1582, Johanna Sibylla married Count Wilhelm IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (1560 – 13 September 1612), the son of Count Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (d. 15 June 1581) and Katharina of Hanau, Countess of Wied (1525-1581). William succeeded his father in 1581 as Count of Upper Wied (Runkel and Dierdorf) and in the rest of Wied in 1595.

Issue

1. Juliana (d. 24 August 1635), married on 18 May 1634 to Count Ludwig IV of Löwenstein-Wertheim (1598-1657)
2. Elisabeth (24 August 1593 – 28 June 1635), married on 13 September 1614 to Count Philipp of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
3. Katharina Philippina Walpurgis (d. 1647), married on 29 October 1611 in Schadeck to Count Christoph of Leiningen-Westerburg (d. 1635)
4. Maria Anna Magdalena, married in 1628 to Adolf of Wylich-Döringen
5. Aemilia
6. Johanetta

Ancestors

Ancestors of Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg

8. Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1482-1538) 4. Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514-1590) 9. Sibylle of Baden (1482-1538) 2. Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1541-1599) 10. Frederick II of Fürstenberg (1496-1559) 5. Eleonore of Fürstenberg (1523-1544) 11. Anna of Werdenberg (d. 1554) 1. Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg 12. Reinhard of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (d. 1532) 6. James of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1510-1570) 13. Anna of Salm (d.1541) 3. Countess Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1523-1544) 14. Ernst V of Honstein (d. 1552) 7. Catherine of Honstein (d. 1570) 15. Anna of Bentheim

References

• Adrian Willem Eliza Dek: De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster, Zaltbommel, 1968.
• Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten. NF IV, Taf. 36.
• Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894
• Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau 1919, reprinted 1978