Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach
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Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach (born: 9 July 1595; died: 18 November 1651 in Saarbrücken
) was a daughter of Margrave George Frederick of Baden-Durlach and his first wife, Countess Juliana Ursula of Salm-Neuville. She married in 1615 with Count William Louis
of Nassau-Saarbrücken and had the followng children:
Her children were legally minors when her husband died in 1640. She took up the regency, until her death. After her death, John Louis acted as regent for Gustav Adolph and Walrad until the inheritance was divided when they came of age in 1659.
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....
) was a daughter of Margrave George Frederick of Baden-Durlach and his first wife, Countess Juliana Ursula of Salm-Neuville. She married in 1615 with Count William Louis
William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
William Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken , was a Count of Saarbrücken.- Life :His parents were Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg and Landgravine Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel...
of Nassau-Saarbrücken and had the followng children:
- Anna Juliana (1617–1667), married Count Palatine Frederick of ZweibrückenFrederick, Count Palatine of ZweibrückenFrederick was the Duke of Zweibrücken from 1635 until 1661.-Life:Frederick was born in Zweibrücken in 1616 as the elder son of John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. He succeeded his father in 1635. During his reign, Palatinate-Zweibrücken was devastated during the Thirty Years' War...
- Maurice
- Charlotte (1619–1687), married Louis Everhard of Leiningen-Westerburg
- Crato (1621–1642), succeeded William Louis as Count of Nassau-SaarbrückenNassau-SaarbrückenNassau-Saarbrücken was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Upper Rhenish Circle. It belonged to the Walram branch of the House of Nassau.-County of Saarbrücken:...
; died in battle at Stralen, NL - Anna Amalia (1623–1695)
- John LouisJohn Louis, Count of Nassau-OttweilerJohn Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler , was first Count of Nassau-Ottweiler. At times, he was Major General, Regent of the other Nassau territories and chief of the House of Nassau.- Life :...
(1625–1690), married in 1649 Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-BischweilerCountess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-BischweilerCountess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler by birth and, by marriage, Countess of Nassau-Ottweiler.... - Elisabeth Sybilla (1626–1627)
- Maria Sybilla (1628–1699), married August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- George Frederick (1630-1630)
- Gustav AdolphGustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-SaarbrückenGustav Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrücken was Count of Saarbrücken and Major General at the Rhine of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation....
(1632–1677), married in 1662 Eleonora Clara of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein - George Frederick (1633–1635)
- WalradWalrad, Prince of Nassau-UsingenWalrad Usingen of Nassau , was from 1659 Count, and from 1688 Prince of Nassau-Usingen and founder of Usingen line of the House of Nassau.- Family :...
(1635–1702), married in 1678 Catherine Françoise of Croÿ-Roeulx
Her children were legally minors when her husband died in 1640. She took up the regency, until her death. After her death, John Louis acted as regent for Gustav Adolph and Walrad until the inheritance was divided when they came of age in 1659.