Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Countess Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg (23 September 1632 in Buchsweiler (now Bouxwiller in France) – 5 December 1681 in Straßburg (now Strasbourg, in France); buried in Lützelstein (now La Petite-Pierre, France)) was a daughter of Count Philip Wolfgang (1595-1641) and his wife, Countess Johanna of Oettingen (1602-1639).

Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Coat-of-arms of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
Born	(1632-09-23)23 September 1632 Buchsweiler, now Bouxwiller
Died	5 December 1681(1681-12-05) (aged 49) Straßburg, now Strasbourg
Buried	Lützelstein, now La Petite-Pierre
Noble family	House of Hanau
Spouse(s)	Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz
Father	Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Mother	Johanna of Oettingen

Agatha Christine died on 5 December 1681 and, like many of her children and later her husband, she was buried in the parish church of Lützelstein.

Marriage and issue

She married on 4 July 1648 in Bischweiler to Count Palatine Leopold Louis of Veldenz (1 February 1623 – 29 September [O.S. 19 September] 1694 in Strasbourg; also buried in Lützelstein) and had the following children:

1. unnamed daughter (1649-1649 in Lauterecken)
2. Anne Sophie (20 May 1650 in Lauterecken – 12 June 1706 in Morchingen (now Morhange, France), also buried in Lützelstein)
3. Gustav Philip (17 July 1651 in Lauterecken – 24 August 1679, allegedly murdered in Lauterecken; buried in the Lutheran church in Lauterecken)
4. Elisabeth Johanna (22 February 1653 in Lauterecken – 5 February 1718 in Morchingen; buried in Diemeringen), married on 27 July 1669 to Wild- and Rhinegrave John XI of Salm-Kyrburg (d. 16 September 1688 in Flonheim; buried in the town church in Kirn)
5. Christine (29 March 1654 in Lauterecken – 18 February 1655 in Lützelstein)
6. Christine Louise (11 November 1655 in Lützelstein – 14 April 1656, ibid.)
7. Christian Louis (5 October 1656 in Lützelstein – 15 April 1658, ibid.)
8. Dorothea (16 January 1658 in Lützelstein – 17 August 1723 in Strasbourg; buried in the parish church of Lützelstein), married on 10 July 1707 in Zweibrücken to Count Palatine Gustav of Kleeburg and Zweibrücken (1670-1731), divorced on 23 April 1723
9. Leopold Louis (14 March 1659 in Lützelstein – 17 March 1660 in Lützelstein; buried in Lützelstein)
10. Charles George (27 May 1660 in Lützelstein – 3 July 1686 outside Budapest)
11. Agatha Eleanore (29 June 1662 in Lützelstein – 1 January 1664, ibid.)
12. Augustus Leopold (22 December 1663 in Lützelstein – 9 September 1689 outside Mainz), was a colonel in the Bavarian army and was buried in the St. John's church in Hanau

Ancestors

Ancestors of Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg

8. Philip V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1541–1599) 4. Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1568–1625) 9. Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1540–1569) 2. Philip Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) 10. Wolfgang of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1546–1610) 5. Maria Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1576–1605) 11. Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg (1547–1643) 1. Agatha Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg 12. Gottfried of Öttingen (1554–1622) 6. Louis Eberhard of Öttingen-Öttingen (1577-1634) 13. Johanna of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1557–1585) 3. Johanna of Oettingen (1602–1639) 14. George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg (1548–1605) 7. Margarethe von Erbach (1576–1636) 15. Anna of Solms (1557–1586)

References

• Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, new series, vol. I.1, table 103
• 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