Countess Margaret of Hanau-Münzenberg (6 April 1471 – 5 September 1503 in Worms) was a daughter of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg and his wife, Countess Adriana of Nassau-Siegen.
Countess Margaret | |
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| Born | 6 April 1471 |
| Died | 5 September 1503 (aged 32) Worms |
| Noble family | House of Hanau (by birth) |
| Father | Philip I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg |
| Mother | Adriana of Nassau-Siegen |
Her family negotiated her entry into the Liebenau monastery as early as 1477,[1] and she was accepted there as a nun.
Correspondence between her and her father has been preserved,[2][3] which shows that she still took an interest in the affairs of her family after she entered the convent.
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References
edit- Karl-Heinz Spieß: Familie und Verwandtschaft im deutschen Hochadel des Spätmittelalters, Stuttgart 1993
- Reinhard Suchier: Philipp I. von Hanau-Münzenberg, in: Hanauer Anzeiger of 18 and 19 November 1897 = vols. 270 and 271
- Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978.
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