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Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg

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Anna Catharina Dorothea of Salm-Kyrburg
Anna Katharina portrait in 1678
Duchess consort of Württemberg
Tenure26 February 1637 – 27 June 1655
Born6 January 1614
Died27 June 1655
Strasbourg, Germany
Burial
SpouseEberhard III
Issue
among others…
HouseHouse of Salm
FatherJohn Casimir, Wildgrave and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg
MotherCatherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin

Anna Catharina Dorothea of Salm-Kyrburg (6 January 1614 – 27 June 1655) was a German noblewoman who became Duchess of Württemberg through her marriage to Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg.

Early life

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Anna Katharina Dorothea was born on 6 January 1614 as the daughter of John Casimir, Wildgrave and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg, and Countess Dorothea of Solms-Laubach. Her family belonged to the high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire, with strong ties to other German princely houses.[1][2]

Marriage and Issue

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On 26 February 1637, Anna Katharina Dorothea married Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, one of the rulers in southwestern Germany during the Thirty Years' War. The marriage strengthened ties between the Salm-Kyrburg family and the Duchy of Württemberg.

Anna Katharina Dorothea and Eberhard III had several children, many of whom played important roles in European nobility:[1]

  • Johann Friedrich (1637–1659), later Duke of Württemberg.
  • Ludwig Friedrich (1638–1639).
  • Christian Eberhard (1641–1643)
  • Sophie Luise (1642–1702), married Count Friedrich von Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
  • Dorothea Amalie (1650–1683), married Duke Friedrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
  • Christian Eberhard Herzog of Württemberg-Stuttgart
  • Eberhard Herzog of Württemberg-Stuttgar
  • Karl Christof of Württemberg-Stuttgart
  • Frederic Carles of Wurttemberg-Winnental

Death and burial

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Anna Katharina Dorothea died on 27 June 1655 in Stuttgart, the capital of Württemberg.[3][4] She was buried in the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart, the traditional burial place of Württemberg's ducal family.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Orr, Clarissa Campbell (2004-08-12). Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81422-5.
  2. ^ History of Salm Family. C.C. Salm. 1986.
  3. ^ Anderson, James (1736). Royal Genealogies: Or, The Genealogical Tables Of Emperors, Kings and Princes, From Adam to These Times In Two Parts. James Bettenham.
  4. ^ Meise, Helga (2002). Das archivierte Ich: Schreibkalender und höfische Repräsentation in Hessen-Darmstadt, 1624-1790 (in German). Hessische Historische Kommission. ISBN 978-3-88443-043-9.
  5. ^ Kunstwissenschaft, Deutscher Verein für (1965). Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft (in German). Der Verein.