Anna Magdalena of Hanau-Lichtenberg


Countess Anna Magdalena von Hanau-Lichtenberg was a daughter of Count Johann Reinhard I of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Countess Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim.

Marriage and issue

Anna Magdalena married three times.
On 27 November 1625, Anna Magdalena married Lothar of Criechingen, the son of Christopher of Criechingen-Pittingen, bailiff of German-Lorraine and Anna Bayer of Boppard. Lothar and Anna Magdalene had a son,
In August 1633, Anna Magdalena married Wild- and Rhinegrave Otto Louis of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen. They had a son who was born posthumously,
  • Wild- and Rhinegrave John XI of Salm-Kyrburg-Mörchingen.
On 8 April 1636, Anna Magdalena married Count Frederick Rudolph of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen. He was the son of Count Christopher II of Fürstenberg and Baroness Dorothea of Sternberg. Frederick Rudolph was a member of the Aulic Council and the War Council. He was also High Feldzeugmeister, Major General and Master of the Horse. From 1639, he was Landgrave of Stühlingen and in 1642 the Emperor raised him from Freiherr to Imperial Count. His first marriage had been to Maria Maximiliana of Pappenheim. Anna Magdalene and Frederick Rudolph had 5 children, of which 4 died very young:
  • Count Francis of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen,
  • Count Ferdinand Anselm of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen,
  • Countess Maria Franziska of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen, married in 1655 Herman Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg,
  • Count Adam Leopold Louis of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen,
  • Countess Catherine Elizabeth of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen.