Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Spouse(s)	Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Father	Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Mother	Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken
Born	14 February 1640(1640-02-14) Strasbourg
Died	12 December 1693(1693-12-12) (aged 53) Babenhausen
Burial	St. John's Church in Hanau

Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (14 February 1640, Strasbourg – 12 December 1693, Babenhausen) was a daughter of Count Palatine Christian I of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598–1654) and his first wife, Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken (1606–1648).

Life

She married on 18 October 1659 Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666), a posthumous member of the House of Hanau, who never got to rule. The marriage produced five children:

• Johanna Magdalena (born: 18 December 1660 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: August 21, 1715). She is said to have been buried in the St. Mary's Church in Hanau ^[1]

married on 5 December 1685 to Count John Charles August (born: 17 March 1662; died: 3 November 1698).

• Louise Sophie (born: 11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler)

married on 27 September 1697 to Count Frederick Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (born: 13 November 1651; died: 25 May 1728)

• Franziska Albertina (born: 1 May 1663 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg, died 1736 in Ottweiler); unmarried,
• Philipp Reinhard (born: 2 August 1664 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 4 October 1712 at Philippsruhe Castle in Hanau)
• Johann Reinhard III (born: 31 July 1665 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 28 March 1736 in Philippsruhe Castle).

Anna Magdalena's widow seat was Babenhausen Castle, Babenhausen.

Death

Anna Magdalena died on 12 December 1693 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:

• Anonymous, Klüglich gewählet, seelig entseelet ..., printed in Hanau in 1694 by Johann Adolph Aubry ^[3]
• Anonymous, Kürzlich entworfene Personalia ...^[4]
• Friedrich Christian of Edelsheim, Hanau in 1694?^[5]
• Johann Daniel Guckelin, [funeral sermon] ^[6]
• M. Langermann und Johannes Laurentius, Lob- und Ehrengedächtnis ..., printed in Hanau by Johann Adolph Aubry ^[7]
• Adam Sellius, [funeral sermon]^[8]

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

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

Persondata
Name	Anna Magdalena of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Alternative names	Hanau-Lichtenberg, Anna Magdalena von
Short description	Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Date of birth	14 February 1640
Place of birth	Strasbourg
Date of death	12 December 1693
Place of death	Babenhausen (Hesse)