Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt
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Born | (1573-03-12)12 March 1573 Dessau | ||||
Died | 3 November 1616(1616-11-03) (aged 43) Sønderborg | ||||
Spouse | Augustus, Elector of Saxony John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg | ||||
Issue | Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön Eleonore Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg | ||||
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House | House of Ascania | ||||
Father | Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt | ||||
Mother | Eleonore of Württemberg |
Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt (12 March 1573, Dessau – 3 November 1616, Sønderborg) was a Princess of Anhalt by birth, an Abbess of Gernrode, and by marriage Electress of Saxony and later Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
Early life
She was the daughter of Prince Joachim Ernest of Anhalt and his second wife, Duchess Eleonore of Württemberg (1552-1618). From 1581 to 1586 she was abbess of the Imperial Abbey of St. Cyriac in Gernrode.[1]
Biography
On 3 January 1586, at the age of 13, she married Elector Augustus of Saxony, becoming his second wife. On their wedding night, she is said to have asked for the release of Caspar Peucer.[2] Elector Augustus died a few weeks later, on 11 February 1586. She received Lichtenburg Castle as her wittum, but never lived there.[3]
Two years later, on 14 February 1588, she married Duke John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and became his second wife. She died in 1616, six years before her husband.
Issue
From her second marriage, Agnes Hedwig had nine children:
- Eleonore (4 April 1590 – 13 April 1669)
- Anna Sabine (7 March 1593 – 18 July 1659), married on 1 January 1618 to Duke Julius Frederick of Württemberg-Weiltingen
- Johann Georg (9 February 1594 – 25 January 1613)
- Duke Joachim Ernst I of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Plön (1622–71) (29 August 1595 – 5 October 1671)
- Dorothea Sibylle (13 July 1597 – 21 August 1597)
- Dorothea Marie (23 July 1599 – 27 March 1600)
- Bernhard (12 April 1601 – 26 April 1601)
- Agnes Magdalene (17 November 1602 – 17 May 1607)
- Eleonore Sofie (24 February 1603 – 5 January 1675), married on 28 February 1625 to Prince Christian II of Anhalt-Bernburg
Footnotes
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Preceded by | Electress consort of Saxony 1586 | Succeeded by |
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- Elisabeth of Hesse (1356–1370)
- Cecilia of Carrara (1376–1388)
- Anna of Thuringia (1388–1395)
- Barbara of Legnica (1396–1419)
- Euphemia of Oleśnica (1420–1422)
- Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1423–1428)
- Margaret of Austria (1431–1464)
- Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich (1464–1486)
- Sibylle of Cleves (1532–1547)
- Agnes of Hesse (1547–1553)
- Princess Anna of Denmark (1553–1585)
- Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt-Dessau (1586)
- Sophie of Brandenburg (1586–1591)
- Princess Hedwig of Denmark (1602–1611)
- Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1611–1656)
- Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1656–1680)
- Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1680–1691)
- Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1694–1694)
- Margravine Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1694–1727)
- Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1733–1757)
- Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1763)
- Countess Palatine Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1769–1806)
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