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Agatha Marie of Hanau

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Noble family
  
House of Hanau

Buried
  
Rappoltsweiler


Name
  
Agatha of

Spouse(s)
  
George Frederick of Rappoltstein

Father
  
Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Mother
  
Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

Born
  
22 August 1599 Buchsweiler (
1599-08-22
)

Died
  
May 23, 1636, Baden-Baden, Germany

Parents
  
Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Grandparents
  
Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrucken-Bitsch

Great-grandparents
  
Eleonore of Furstenberg, James of Zweibrucken-Bitsch, Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

People also search for
  
Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Place of burial
  
Ribeauville, France

Countess Agatha Marie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (22 August 1599 in Buchsweiler (now Bouxwiller)  – 23 May 1636 in Baden (now Baden-Baden)), was a daughter of Count Johann Reinhard I (1569-1625) and his wife, Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1576-1605).

Agatha Marie died on 23 May 1636 in the city of Baden (now called Baden-Baden) and was buried in Rappoltsweiler (now called Ribeauvillé).

Marriage and issue

She married on 20 November [O.S. 10 November] 1623 to George Frederick of Rappoltstein (14 July 1593 – 30 August [O.S. 20 August] 1651 in Strasbourg). He was a son of Eberhard of Rappoltstein (12 March 1570 – 17 August 1637 in Strasbourg) and the Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna of Kyrburg-Mörchingen (1572 – 25 August 1608). After Agatha Marie's death, George Frederick would remarry in 1640 to Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of Solms-Sonnewalde.

From her marriage Agatha Marie had two children:

  • Stillborn son (18 September [O.S. 8 September] 1626).
  • Agatha Fredericka (23 July [O.S. 13 July] 1627 – 16 September [O.S. 6 September] 1627).
  • References

    Agatha Marie of Hanau Wikipedia