Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg
Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and his second wife, Juliana of Stolberg. Magdalena was a sister of William the Silent.
Life
Magdalena spent most of her life at Weikersheim Palace. Her daily routine consisted of organizing court life and her family life. Despite frequent pregnancies, she also worked in the castle's pharmacy, where she gave medicine to the poor, a practice her mother had begun.She was described as very generous, giving money, food and medicine to the poor and the needy.
She died in Öhringen in 1633.
Marriage and issue
On 27 January 1567 at Dillenburg Castle, she married Count Wolfgang of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim at the age of 19. He was a son of Louis Casimir of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg and Anna of Solms-Lich. They had 15 children, of whom all but one lived to adulthood:- Catherine
- Anna Agnes, married Philip Ernest of Gleichen-Tonna, the Count of Gleichen, Tonna, Spiegelberg and Pyrmont. He was the son of Count George of Gleichen-Tonna and Countess Walpurga of Spiegelberg
- George Frederick
- Juliana, married Wolfgang II of Castell-Remlingen
- Magdalena, married Count Henry I of Reuss-Gera. He was the son of Count Henry XVI of Reuss-Gera and his second wife Dorothea of Solms-Sonnewalde
- Praxedis
- Marta, married John Casimir of Leiningen-Westerburg
- Maria Elisabeth, married Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He was the son of Philip V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch
- Louis Casimir
- Catherine Joanna
- Crato VII, he married Countess Palatine Sophia of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, the daughter of Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Philip Ernest, twin of Wolfgang Ernest, married Anna Maria of Solms-Sonnewalde. She was a daughter of Otto of Solms-Sonnewalde and Anna Amalia of Nassau-Weilburg. Anna Amalia was the eldest daughter of Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg.
- Wolfgang Ernest, twin of Philip Ernest, died in early childhood
- Albert
- Dorothea Walburga, married Philip Henry of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, who was Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg from 1615 until his death. He was a son of George Frederick I of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg and Dorothea Reuss of Plauen