Agnes Magdalene von Anhalt-Dessau (born March 29, 1590 in Dessau , † October 24, 1626 in Eschwege ) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau and, by marriage, Landgravine of Hessen-Kassel .
Life
Agnes Magdalene was the second daughter of Prince Johann Georg I of Anhalt-Dessau (1567–1618) from his first marriage to Dorothea (1561–1594), daughter of Count Johann Albrecht VI. from Mansfeld in Arnstein .
She married Landgrave Otto von Hessen-Kassel in Dessau on June 14, 1617 , who accidentally shot himself after only a few weeks of marriage. Agnes Magdalene spent her nine-year widowhood at her Wittum in Eschwege, where she experienced the horrors of the beginning Thirty Years' War and was primarily concerned with medical remedies. [1] Agnes Magdalene was in constant quarrel with her father-in-law Moritz , who claimed her Wittum for his own wife.
Agnes Magdalene was buried in the Dionys Church in Eschweg . Since Agnes Magdalene had transferred her morning gift to her unmarried sister, negotiations between Anhalt and Landgrave Wilhelm V took place about the marriage, relapse, funeral and Wittum costs, for which Anhalt 12,000 guilders were ultimately paid out.
literature
- Christoph von Rommel : History of Hesse: Modern history of Hesse , Volume 6, p. 331 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Samuel Publication: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts in alphabetical order ... , 2nd section, 20th part, p. 351, Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1842
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| NAME | Agnes Magdalene of Anhalt-Dessau |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1626 |
| Place of death | Eschwege |