Agnes of Hesse-Kassel (14 May 1606 in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...

– 28 May 1650 in

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) was a princess of

Hesse-Kassel The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, also known as the Hessian Palatinate (), was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon t ...

by birth and by marriage Princess of

Anhalt-Dessau Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation. Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into th ...

Life

Agnes was a daughter of Landgrave

Maurice of Hesse-Kassel Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (; 25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), also called Maurice the Learned or Moritz, was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1592 to 1627. Life Maurice was born in Kassel as the son of ...

(1572-1632) from his second marriage to Juliane of Nassau-Siegen (1587-1643), the daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen. She was raised together with her siblings. She spoke six languages and composed music. On 18 May 1623 she married Prince John Casimir of Anhalt-Dessau (1596-1660). During the

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, she managed to soften the plight of Anhalt-Dessau by negotiating with the generals, both orally and in writing. She was considered a keen economist and mathematician. In 1645, she built a

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in Nischwitz, which was later developed into Oranienbaum Castle.

Issue

From her marriage Agnes had the following children: * Maurice (1624-1624) * Dorothea (1625-1626) * Juliane (1626-1652) * John George II (1627-1693), who was Prince of Anhalt-Dessau from 1660 to 1693 : married in 1659 to Princess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637-1708) * Louise (1631-1680) : married in 1648 to Duke

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of Brzeg (1618-1672) * Agnes (1644-1644)

References

*August B. Michaelis: ''Einleitung zu einer volständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser ...'', p. 624
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*Christian August Wichmann: ''Geschichte berühmter Frauenzimmer'', p. 741
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Princesses in the Holy Roman Empire House of Ascania House of Hesse 1606 births 1650 deaths 17th-century German nobility Daughters of monarchs Mothers of German monarchs {{Germany-noble-stub