Anna of Katzenelnbogen (1443–1494)

Anna of Katzenelnbogen ( 5 September 1443 in Katzenelnbogen – 16 February 1494 in Marburg) was the daughter of Philipp I, Count of Katzenelnbogen (1402–1479), and his first wife Anna of Württemberg (1408–1471). She is notable for being the great-grandmother to Anne of Cleves the fourth wife of King Henry VIII of England.

Anna of Katzenelnbogen
Arms of Katzenelnogen.
Born5 September 1443
Katzenelnbogen, Hessen-Nassau, Deutschland
Died16 February 1494(1494-02-16) (aged 50)
Marburg, Hessen-Nassau, Deutschland
BuriedSt. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg , Germany
Noble family
Spouse(s)Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
IssueFrederick
Ludwig III
Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
William III, Landgrave of Hesse
Mathilde of Hesse
Heinrich
FatherPhilipp I, Count of Katzenelnbogen
MotherAnna of Württemberg

Early life and family

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Anna was born on 5 September 1443 into the Katzenelnbogen noble family, was the only daughter of Philipp I, Count of Katzenelnbogen, and his first wife Anna of Württemberg. daughter of Eberhard IV "the Younger" of Württemberg, and his wife Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard. Anna had two elder brothers. They were:

Marriage and issue

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Anna married Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse on 1458. Henry would earn the nickname "the Rich" due to the territorial gains associated with the marriage, which also came with considerable financial gain, including the lucrative revenues from Rhine customs. Her husband inherited the possessions of the Katzenelnbogen family when the Katzenelnbogen male line died out after the death of her father Philipp in 1479. The County of Katzenelnbogen fell to the Landgraviate of Hesse, which was ruled at the time by her husband Henry III of Hesse in Marburg, after he had bought off the inheritance rights of Philipp's granddaughter Ottilie.

The couple had four sons, and two daughters, they were:

Death and burial

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Anna died on 16 February 1494 from unspecified causes aged 50 in Marburg. She was laid to rest in St. Elizabeth's Church where her husband would be buried at his own death almost eight years later.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "Lebenslauf Graf Philipp der Ältere von Katzenelnbogen". www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  2. ^ a b c Morby, John. Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.

Sources

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  • Boltanski, Ariane (2006). Les ducs de Nevers et l'État royal: genèse d'un compromis (ca 1550 - ca 1600) (in French). Librairie Droz S.A.
  • Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge University Press.