Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel (27 January 1567, Kassel

Kassel

Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...

 – 21 November 1626, Neunkirchen) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel

Hesse-Kassel

The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...

 by birth and by marriage Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Nassau-Saarbrücken

Nassau-Saarbrücken was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Upper Rhenish Circle. It belonged to the Walram branch of the House of Nassau.-County of Saarbrücken:...

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Life

Anna Maria was the eldest daughter of Landgrave William IV

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

William IV of Hesse-Kassel , also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel . He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this day.-Life:...

 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

Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg was a count of Nassau-Weilburg.- Life :Louis was the eldest son of Count Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler and Countess Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg. His family moved in 1575 from Weilburg to Ottweiler...

 of Nassau-Weilburg (1565–1627). He had met Anna Maria during his Grand Tour

Grand Tour

The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage...

 and had been well received by Anna Maria's father and her uncle Louis IV

Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg

Landgrave Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg was the son of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and his wife Christine of Saxony. After the death of his father in 1567, Hesse was divided among his sons and Louis received Hesse-Marburg including Marburg and Giessen.Louis received his education at the court of...

. In 1590 the couple moved in with Louis's father, Albert

Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler , was a Count of the House of Nassau. His territory included the areas around Weilburg, Ottweiler and Lahr in the Black Forest...

 in Ottweiler

Ottweiler

Ottweiler is a municipality, former seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 7 km north of Neunkirchen, and 25 km northeast of Saarbrücken.The town is notable for the Ottweiler porcelain....

. 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

Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....

 to Neunkirchen

Neunkirchen

Neunkirchen is a name common to multiple locales:-In Austria:*Neunkirchen, Austria, the capital of the district Neunkirchen in Lower Austria*Neunkirchen District, Austria-Bavaria:*Neunkirchen am Brand, in Forchheim district...

 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:

• William Louis
  William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
  William Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken , was a Count of Saarbrücken.- Life :His parents were Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg and Landgravine Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel...
  
   (1590–1640), Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

married in 1615 princess Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach

Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach

Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach was a daughter of Margrave George Frederick of Baden-Durlach and his first wife, Countess Juliana Ursula of Salm-Neuville...

 (1595-1651)

• Anna Sabine (1591–1593)
• Albrecht (1593–1595)
• Sophie Amalie (1594–1612)
• Georg Adolf (1595–1596)
• Philipp (1597–1621)
• Luise Juliane (1598–1622)
• Moritz (1599–1601)
• Karl Ernst (1600–1604)
• Marie Elisabeth (1602–1626)

married in 1624 Count Frederick X of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1593-1651)

• John
  John, Count of Nassau-Idstein
  Count John of Nassau-Idstein was Count of Nassau and Protestant Regent of Idstein.- Life :...
  
   (1603–1677), Count of Nassau-Idstein

married firstly in 1644 Princess Magdalene Sibylle of Baden-Durlach (1605-1644)

married secondly in 1646 Countess Anna of Leiningen (1625-1668)

• Dorothea (1605–1620)
• Ernest Casimir
  Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
  Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Weilburg was the founder the younger line of Nassau-Weilburg.He was a son of Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel .- Life :...
  
   (1607–1655), Count of Nassau-Weilburg

married in 1634 Countess Anna Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1610-1656)

• Otto (1610–1632), Count of Nassau-Weilburg in Neuweilnau

External links

• Enrty for Anna Maria on the site