Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel
Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken.Life
Anna Maria was the eldest daughter of Landgrave William IV of Hesse-Kassel from his marriage to Sabine, daughter of Duke Christopher of Württemberg.
She married on 8 June 1589 in Kassel Count Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg. He had met Anna Maria during his Grand Tour and had been well received by Anna Maria's father and her uncle Louis IV. In 1590 the couple moved in with Louis's father, Albert in Ottweiler. In 1593 Louis took over the government in Nassau-Weilburg.
Anna Maria helped organize the poor relief and set up a court pharmacy.
In 1626 Anna Maria fled from the plague from Saarbrücken to Neunkirchen where she died of the plague. Anna Maria was buried in the crypt of the collegiate church of St. Arnual in Saarbrücken. A few years earlier, she had built an impressive tomb for three of her children and now she was buried in this tomb herself.Offspring
From her marriage with Louis, Anna Maria had the following children:
