Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler) was a German noblewoman, Countess consort of Nassau-Ottweiler.

Early life and ancestry

Born into the House of Hanau, she was the second eldest daughter of Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666) and his wife, Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693).

Marriage

She married on 27 September 1697 to Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 – 25 May 1728) as his second wife. The union produced one child, a stillborn son, on 6 October 1698.

Death

Countess Louise Sophie died on 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler, aged 88.

Ancestors

References

• Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894
• Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted 1978