Sibylla of Anhalt

Sibylla of Anhalt ( born September 28, 1564 Bernburg (Saale ). † 16./26 November 1614 in Leonberg ) was from 1577 to 1581 the abbess of free secular pin Gernrode and Frose. She left the pen for her marriage to Frederick I, thus she became the Duchess of Württemberg.

Life

Sibylla was in 1564 as the daughter of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt and his first wife Agnes of Barby († 1569 ) was born. Under pressure from her father's still underage Sibylla was elected by the chapter as successor to her sister Maria Anna of Anhalt in 1577. It was confirmed by Emperor Rudolf II in office. During her reign as abbess only occurs in a charter of the monastery in which they invested the widow of Stefan Molitor, who had been the first Protestant superintendent of the pin with a piece of land. Sibylla resigned her position as abbess in 1581, because she married, arranged by her step- mother, Eleonore von Württemberg, Frederick I, son of Count Georg I of Württemberg - Montbéliard ( 1498-1558 ) and Barbara of Hesse ( 1536 - 1597). Her successor in office was her sister Agnes Hedwig.

At this time, her husband received the government of his dominions left bank of Württemberg- Montbéliard. In 1593 he went to the heir of Duke Ludwig of Württemberg and took power over the whole duchy of Württemberg.

Sibylla married 16 years and had over the next 15 years, 15 children. At the court they played no major role here and had next to her husband no influence. With his conception of an absolutist princes also the notion of marital fidelity was not compatible. After 15 years she lived virtually isolated. In his great trips to France, Italy and England, he did not take it with you.

She tightened on her preoccupation with botany and chemistry. To cover up their interest in the infamous alchemy, she explained her work as a collection of herbs for medicinal production for poor people. As a consultant, she was able to adjust Helena Magenbuch (1523-1597), a daughter of the professor and physician- Luther and Charles V Johann Magenbuch (1487-1546) and third wife of Andreas Osiander. Helena Magenbuch the title of a Württemberg Hofapothekerin was thereby conferred. From 1606/ 07 by Maria Andreae this task.

After Frederick's death in 1608, she retired to Leonberg and left it there to expand the Leonberger castle and built the still existing Pomeranzengarten in Renaissance style in front of the castle by the architect Heinrich Schickhardt. Not far from Leonberg built Schickhardt on their behalf from 1609 " pre - and lake house Eltingen ", which served as a hunting and country estate.

Progeny

His marriage to Frederick I, the following children were born:

• Johann Friedrich (1582-1628)
• Georg Friedrich (1583-1591)
• Sibylla Elisabeth (1584-1606) - married to Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony
• Elisabeth ( * / † 1585 )
• Ludwig Friedrich (1586-1631), founder of the younger sidelines Württemberg- Montbéliard
• Joachim Friedrich ( * / † 1587 )
• Julius Friedrich (1588-1635), founder of the sidelines Württemberg- Weiltingen, also called the Julian line
• Philipp Friedrich ( * / † 1589 )
• Eva Christina (1590-1657) - married to John George of Brandenburg (1577-1624), Duke of Jägerndorf
• Achilles Friedrich (1591-1631)
• Agnes (1592-1629) - married to Franz Julius von Sachsen -Lauenburg (1584-1634)
• Barbara (1593-1627) - married to Margrave Friedrich V of Baden
• Magnus (1594-1622), killed at the Battle of Wimpfen
• August (* / † 1596)
• Anna (1597-1650)