Anna Amalia of Baden Durlach

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Noble family House of Zahringen		Name Anna of
Father George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Mother Juliana Ursula of Salm-Neuville Born 9 July 1595 ( 1595-07-09 ) Died November 18, 1651, Saarbrucken, Germany Spouse William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrucken (m. 1615–1604) Parents Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Children John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler Grandchildren Charles Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrucken Grandparents Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Anna of Veldenz

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 Count William Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken and had the following children:

Anna Juliana (1617–1667), married Count Palatine Frederick of Zweibrücken

Maurice

Charlotte (1619–1687), married Louis Everhard of Leiningen-Westerburg

Crato (1621–1642), succeeded William Louis as Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken; died in battle at Straelen

Anna Amalia (1623–1695)

John Louis (1625–1690), married in 1649 Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Elisabeth Sybilla (1626–1627)

Maria Sybilla (1628–1699), married August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

George Frederick (1630-1630)

Gustav Adolph (1632–1677), married in 1662 Eleonora Clara of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

George Frederick (1633–1635)

Walrad (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.

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