Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Countess Louise Sophie
Countess consort of Nassau-Ottweiler
Born(1662-04-11)11 April 1662
Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg
Died9 April 1751(1751-04-09) (aged 88)
Ottweiler
Noble familyHouse of Hanau (by birth)
House of Nassau (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler
FatherJohann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
MotherCountess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler) was a daughter of Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666) and Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693).

She married on 27 September 1697 to Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 – 25 May 1728) as his second wife. The union produced one child, a stillborn son, on 6 October 1698.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg
8. Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1569-1625)
4. Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595-1641)
9. Mary Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1576-1605)
2. Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628-1666)
10. Louis Eberhard of Öttingen-Öttingen (1588-1634)
5. Johanna of Öttingen-Öttingen (1602-1639)
11. Margarethe of Erbach (1576--1636)
1. Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1662-1751)
12. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1560-1600)
6. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598-1654)
13. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1570-1635)
3. Anna Magdalena, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1640-1693)
14. John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584-1635)
7. Magdalena Katharina, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken (1607-1648)
15. Catherine of Rohan (1578-1607)

References

  • Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894
  • Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978


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