Henrietta Catherine Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau

Henriette Catherine Agnes of Anhalt- Dessau ( born June 5, 1744 Dessau, † December 15, 1799 in Dessau ) was a princess of Anhalt- Dessau, Dechantin in Herford Abbey and by marriage baroness of Loën.

Life

Agnes, also called Agnese, was a daughter of Prince Leopold II of Anhalt -Dessau (1700-1751) from his marriage with Gisela Agnes (1722-1751), daughter of Prince Leopold of Anhalt- Köthen. At the age of six months Agnes canoness was in Herford Abbey, which should secure her a lifetime supply. Her sisters Maria Leopoldine and Kasimire a particularly close relationship developed. She followed them to Detmold, when she married up there. As the oldest sister Agnes took over the ceremonial duties at the Dessau court to the marriage of her brother Leopold III, and then they went out again to Detmold and after the death of her sister, she lived from 1769 in Herford Abbey where she was Dechantin.

She married on 26 October 1779 House Bosfeld Baron Johann Jost of Loën, Mr. on Cappeln and Tecklenburg ( 1737-1803 ), a son of Johann Michael von Loen. Johann Jost's mother was a first cousin of Catharina Elisabeth Goethe, the mother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Agnes and Johann Jost lived since 1795 in Dessau and had a keen interest in the social life of the city. With the relatives of the Goethe family was in close contact. So wrote this after a visit in 1796: " In Dessau amused us the memory of earlier times: the family of Loën proved to be a comfortable, trusting relationship, and you could be the earliest Frankfurt days and hours together remember. "

Agnes ' son Frederick later became Marshal of the Court at the Dessau court, her daughter Agnes was the wife of Count Ernst Heinrich Leopold of Seherr - Thoss.