Anna of Hesse


Anna of Hesse was a princess of Hesse by birth and marriage Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Life

Anna was a daughter of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse from his marriage to Christine, a daughter of Duke George of Saxony.
She married on 24 February 1544 with Count Palatine Wolfgang of Zweibrücken. After the death of her husband, Anna and her brother William and Elector Palatine Louis VI jointly acted as guardians for her children. William was also the executor of Wolfgang's testament.
Around 1590, Anna founded the St. Anne's churchyard in Heidelberg. In 1596, a stone monument in her honor was erected in this churchyard. When the churchyard was closed in 1845, the monument was moved to the Bergfriedhof churchyard.
Anna died in 1591 and was buried in the Lutheran Church of Meisenheim Castle.

Issue

From her marriage, Anna had the following children: