Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg


Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg,, was a Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg.

Life

Anna Margaret was the only daughter of Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg from his marriage to Margaret Elizabeth, the daughter of Count Christopher of Leiningen-Westerburg.
She married on 5 May 1650 in Homburg to Duke Philip Louis of Holstein-Wiesenburg, who purchased Wiesenburg Castle and the associated Lordship in 1663.
From 1659, she employed her goddaughter Johanna Eleonora von Merlau. Johanna Eleonora would later marry Johann Wilhelm Petersen and formulate a radical form of pietism. At court, Johanna Eleonora met Philipp Jacob Spener and Johann Jakob Schütz and developed a deep friendship with Anna Margaret's daughter Sophie Elisabeth.

Issue

From her marriage Anna Margaret had the following children: