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Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg

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Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Born(1564-07-06)6 July 1564
Château de Lichtenberg
Died24 March 1636(1636-03-24) (aged 71)
Runkel
Noble familyHouse of Hanau
Spouse(s)Wilhelm IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg
FatherPhilipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
MotherLudowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch

Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg (6 July 1564[1] at Château de Lichtenberg – 24 March 1636 in Runkel) was the first child of Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg from his first marriage with Countess Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1540-1569).

Life

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On 1 February 1582, Johanna Sibylla married Count Wilhelm IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (1581 – 13 September 1612), the son of Count Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (d. 15 June 1581) and Katharina of Hanau, Countess of Wied (1525-1581). William succeeded his father in 1581 as Count of Upper Wied (Runkel and Dierdorf) and in the rest of Wied in 1595.

Issue

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  1. Juliana (d. 24 August 1635), married on 18 May 1634 to Count Ludwig IV of Löwenstein-Wertheim (1598-1657)
  2. Elizabeth (24 August 1593 – 28 June 1635), married on 13 September 1614 to Count Philipp of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
  3. Katharina Philippina Walpurgis (d. 1647), married on 29 October 1611 in Schadeck to Count Christoph of Leiningen-Westerburg (d. 1635)
  4. Maria Anna Magdalena, married in 1628 to Adolf of Wylich-Döringen
  5. Aemilia
  6. Johanetta

Ancestors

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References

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  • Adrian Willem Eliza Dek: De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster, Zaltbommel, 1968.
  • Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten. NF IV, Taf. 36.
  • 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

Footnotes

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  1. ^ She was baptized on 17 July 1564