Mother Sabine of Wurttemberg Buried Saarbrucken | Name Anna of | |
Spouse(s) Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Father William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Born 27 January 1567
Kassel ( 1567-01-27 ) Died 21 November 1626(1626-11-21) (aged 59)
Neunkirchen | ||
Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel (27 January 1567, Kassel – 21 November 1626, Neunkirchen) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken.
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Life
Anna Maria was the eldest daughter of Landgrave William IV of Hesse-Kassel (1532–1592) from his marriage to Sabine (1549–1581), daughter of Duke Christopher of Württemberg.
She married on 8 June 1589 in Kassel Count Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg (1565–1627). He had met Anna Maria during his Grand Tour and had been well received by Anna Maria's father and her uncle Louis IV. In 1590 the couple moved in with Louis's father, Albert in Ottweiler. In 1593 Louis took over the government in Nassau-Weilburg.
Anna Maria helped organize the poor relief and set up a court pharmacy.
In 1626 Anna Maria fled from the plague from Saarbrücken to Neunkirchen where she died of the plague. Anna Maria was buried in the crypt of the collegiate church of St. Arnual in Saarbrücken. A few years earlier, she had built an impressive tomb for three of her children and now she was buried in this tomb herself.
Offspring
From her marriage with Louis, Anna Maria had the following children: