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Johannetta of Sayn Wittgenstein

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Noble family
  
House of Sayn

Role
  
1632-1701


Parents
  
Louise Juliane of Erbach

Father
  
Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Mother
  
Anna of Solms-Braunfels

Born
  
15 February 1561 (
1561-02-15
)

Name
  
Johannetta Sayn-Wittgenstein

Died
  
September 28, 1701, Jena, Germany

Spouse
  
John of Hesse-Braubach, John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

Children
  
Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach

Similar People
  
John George IV - Elector of, Caroline of Ansbach, John George III - Elector of, Princess Anna Sophie of

Grandchildren
  
Caroline of Ansbach

Johanetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (15 February 1561 – 13 April 1622) was a daughter of Count Louis I of Sayn-Wittgenstein and his first wife, Anna of Solms-Braunfels, who was a sister of Amalia of Solms-Braunfels.

Marriage and issue

Johanetta was the third wife of Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, a son of William the Rich and Juliana of Stolberg. John and Johanetta married on 14 June 1586 and had the following children:

  1. George Louis (12 April 1588 – 16 April 1588).
  2. Prince John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar (6 August 1590 – 10 March 1653).
  3. Johannette Elisabeth (13 February 1593 – 13 September 1654), married on 16 December 1616 to Count Conrad Gumprecht of Bentheim-Limburg.
  4. Anna (24 November 1594 – 11 February 1660), married on 19 June 1619 to Count Philip Ernest of Isenburg-Birstein.
  5. Magdalene (13 November 1595 – 31 July 1633), married on 29 May 1624 to Count George Albert I of Erbach.
  6. Anna Amalie (19 July 1599 – 4 May 1667), married on 25 November 1648 to Count William Otto of Isenburg-Birstein.
  7. Juliane (9 June 1602 – 26 August 1602).

References

Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein Wikipedia