Noble family House of Stolberg | Name Anna of | |
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Spouse(s) Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Kothen Father Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode Mother Anna Elisabeth of Stolberg Born 26 March 1651
Ilsenburg ( 1651-03-26 ) Died 27 January 1690(1690-01-27) (aged 38)
Kothen Buried St. Jacob church in Kothen | ||
Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode (26 March 1651 - 27 January 1690), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Stolberg and by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Köthen.
Born in Ilsenburg, she was the second child of Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode and Anna Elisabeth of Stolberg.
Life
In Ilsenburg on 23 March 1670, Anna Eleonore married with Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. The marriage lasted only eight months, until Emmanuel's death on 8 November.
Three months pregnant at the time of her husband's death, Anna Eleonore was named regent of the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen until the birth of her child: if it was a boy, he immediately became the new Prince and she kept the regency, but if she gave birth to a girl, the other Anhalt principalities would divided Köthen between them.
On 20 May 1671, Anna Eleonore gave birth a son, Emmanuel Lebrecht who became in the new Prince. Anna Eleonore remained a regent until her death.
Anna Eleonore died in Köthen aged 38. She was buried next to her husband at St. Jakob, Köthen. Because her son was still underage, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau succeeded her in the regency until 1692, when Emmanuel Lebrecht finally attained his majority and began his independent government.