Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Countess of Eberstein


Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Countess of Eberstein was a German noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Philipp III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Margravine Sibylle of Baden.

Life

Johanna was married on 6 November 1522 to Count Wilhelm IV of Eberstein. Her husband chaired the Reichskammergericht from 1546 to 1555. Johanna and William are mentioned several times in the Zimmern Chronicle.
She died on 27 January 1572 at Eberstein Castle in Gernsbach. Two days later, Johanna was buried in the parish church of Gernsbach. An epitaph, which shows her and her husband, can still be seen there.

Marriage and issue

She and Count Wilhelm IV of Eberstein were married on 6 November 1522, and together had the following children:
  1. Philip I, succeeded his father as Count of Eberstein. He was an imperial councillor and governor in the Upper Alsace. He married Johanna de Bailleul, Dame de Douxlieu. In 1577, he was put under a legal guardian because of his "insanity".
  2. Anna
  3. Elisabeth
  4. Felicitas, abbess of the Ladies' Convent St. Hippolyte in Gerresheim
  5. Kunigunde, married to Count Froben Christoph of Zimmern
  6. William, canon in Strasbourg, where he later also served as choirmaster and as dean, and canon in Cologne
  7. Sibylla, married Count Markus Fugger
  8. Bruno
  9. Otto, was a canon in Strasbourg. He later reverted to the lay state and became an imperial councillor and later Colonel.
  10. Anna

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