Anna of Veldenz, Countess Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken

Anne of Veldenz (* 1390, † November 18, 1439 in Home Guard ) was a countess of the second family of the Counts of Veldenz.

Importance

Anna was the daughter and heiress of Frederick III. , Last Earl of Veldenz out of the house Geroldseck, and his wife Margarethe von Nassau- Saarbrücken. She was married since 1409 with Palatine Count Stefan von Pfalz- Zweibrücken - simmering, making the county Veldenz came to the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken. Anna also brought a half of the rights to the undivided County of Sponheim into the marriage with, the 1437 was dropped to the Counts of Veldenz; already in Sponheim Treaty ( 1425) this was predicted by Count Johann V. von Sponheim:

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So was her eldest son Frederick I the proportion of Sponheim and his brother Louis I the actual county Veldenz. By Countess Anna of Veldenzer lion was ascended to a part of the Bavarian coat of arms, as their descendants in the early 19th century Bavarian kings.

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Count Henry II of Veldenz († 1378 ) ∞ Countess Agnes von Sponheim - Kreuznach ( †? )

Count Johann III. of Sponheim -Stark castle († 1398 ) ∞ Countess Mechtild von der Pfalz († 1375 )

Count Gerlach I of Nassau ( † 1361 ) ∞ Countess Agnes of Hesse († 1332 )

Count Johann II of Saarbrücken († 1381 ) ∞ Ghislette Countess of Bar (†? )

Count Henry III. of Veldenz († 1389 ) ∞ Countess Loretta of Sponheim -Stark castle (†? )

Count John I of Nassau- Weilburg ( † 1371 ) ∞ Countess Johanna von Saarbrücken († 1381 )

Count Friedrich III. of Veldenz († 1444 ) ∞ Countess Margarethe von Nassau -Saarbrücken († 1427)

Countess Anna of Veldenz

  • Graf ( Veldenz )
  • House Geroldseck
  • Wittelsbach ( line Pfalz- simmering )
  • Born in the 14th century
  • Died in 1439
  • Woman
County of Veldenz Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern Johann III, Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg Gerlach I, Count of Nassau John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Integrated Authority File
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