Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Born	(1526-12-28)28 December 1526 Jägerndorf
Died	20 May 1589(1589-05-20) (aged 62) Nürtingen
Burial	St. George's Collegiate Church, Tübingen
Spouse	Christoph, Duke of Württemberg ​ ​ (m. 1544; died 1568)​
Issue	Eberhard, Hereditary Duke of Wüttemberg Hedwig, Landgravine of Hesse-Marburg Elisabeth, Countess Palatine of Veldenz-Lauterecken Sabine, Landgravine of Hesse-kassel Emilie, Countess Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis III, Duke of Württemberg Maximilian Ulrich Dorothea Maria, Countess Palatine of Sulzbach Anna, Duchess of Legnica Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
House	House of Hohenzollern
Father	George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother	Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels

Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach (28 December 1526 – 20 May 1589) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach in the Holy Roman Empire.

Early life

Anna Maria was born at Jägerndorf, the eldest daughter of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and his second wife Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels, daughter of Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels.

Biography

Anna Maria was brought up as a Lutheran and on 24 February 1544 became the wife of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg. She later acted as guardian to her son Ludwig III, Duke of Württemberg early in his reign. After the death of her husband Christoph she lived more than 20 years in the Nürtingen castle, she died in Nürtingen.

After losing both her husband and her eldest son in 1568, Anna Maria fell madly in love with the young Landgrave George I of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547–1596), who was half her age and later became her son-in-law. Soon afterwards she became mentally confused and was locked up. George I later married her daughter Eleonore.

She died in 1589 and was buried in the St. George's Collegiate Church in Tübingen.