Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (14 February 1640, Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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 – 12 December 1693, Babenhausen) was a daughter of Count Palatine Christian I

Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Christian I was the Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler from 1600 until 1654.- Life :Christian was born in Birkenfeld in 1598 as the youngest son of Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. His father's lands were partitioned after his death and Christian received the territory around...

 of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598–1654) and his first wife, Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken

Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken

Magdalena Catherine, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriageDuchess and Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld.- Life :...

 (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

married on 5 December 1685 to Count John Charles August

John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

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 (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
  Ottweiler
  Ottweiler is a municipality, former seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 7 km north of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken.The town is notable for the Ottweiler porcelain....
  
  )

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
  Philip Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
  Philipp Reinhard of Hanau-Münzenberg from 1680 to 1712 in the County of Hanau-Münzenberg.- Childhood and Youth :...
  
   (born: 2 August 1664 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg; died: 4 October 1712 at Philippsruhe Castle in Hanau
  Hanau
  Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
  
  )
• Johann Reinhard III
  Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
  Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg was the last of the counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He reigned from 1680 to 1736...
  
   (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. 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
• Anonymous, Kürzlich entworfene Personalia ...
• Friedrich Christian of Edelsheim, Hanau in 1694?
• Johann Daniel Guckelin, [funeral sermon]
• M. Langermann und Johannes Laurentius, Lob- und Ehrengedächtnis ..., printed in Hanau by Johann Adolph Aubry
• Adam Sellius, [funeral sermon]

Footnotes

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