Auguste Magdalene of Hessen-Darmstadt
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Auguste Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt (6 March 1657, Darmstadt
– 1 September 1674, ibid.) was a German noblewoman and poet.
(1630–1678) from his marriage to Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
(1634–1665), a daughter of Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp
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Like her father and her sister Magdalene Sibylle
, she was active as a writer. She translated the Psalms of David into German verse and wrote a poetry collection entitled The door to German poetry. She died only 17 years old and was buried in the City Church in Darmstadt
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Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
– 1 September 1674, ibid.) was a German noblewoman and poet.
Life
Auguste Magdalene was a daughter of Count Louis VI of Hesse-DarmstadtLouis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678.He was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.- Marriage and children :...
(1630–1678) from his marriage to Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp , was by marriage landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt- Life :...
(1634–1665), a daughter of Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp
Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark....
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Like her father and her sister Magdalene Sibylle
Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
Landgravine Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt was regent of the Duchy of Württemberg from 1677 to 1693, and was a prominent German composer of baroque hymns.- Life :...
, she was active as a writer. She translated the Psalms of David into German verse and wrote a poetry collection entitled The door to German poetry. She died only 17 years old and was buried in the City Church in Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
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