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Anna Sophia II
Anna Sophia II
	Anna Sophia around 1650
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Reign	1681–1683
Predecessor	Anna Sophia I
Successor	Anna Dorothea
Born	17 December 1638; Marburg, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
Died	13 December 1683 (aged 44); Quedlinburg Abbey
House	Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
Religion	Lutheranism

Landgravine Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt (17 December 1638 – 13 December 1683) was a German noblewoman who reigned as a Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg under the name Anna Sophia II.

Early life

Anna Sophia was a daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Duchess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. She was raised as a Lutheran, received a good education and grew up to be strictly religious.^[1]

As writer

In 1655, at the age of 17, Anna Sophia entered the Quedlinburg Abbey.^[1] In 1658, Anna Sophia published a book of spiritual meditations called Der treue Seelenfreund Christus Jesus. At first, Lutheran theologians regarded her book as suspect; they argued that the book equalized women with men, but it was later approved. Anna Sophia justified her work, as was standard in the 17th century, by saying that it was God's order. Being an abbess and a Lutheran at the same time, Anna Sophia defended her choice to remain unmarried in her book.^[2] Her hymn Rede, liebster Jesu, rede was translated as Speak, O Lord, Thy Servant Heareth.^[3]

As nun and abbess

Anna Sophia had a lapse of faith after her elder sister Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt converted to Roman Catholicism. She thought of leaving Quedlinburg to follow her sister's example but ultimately changed her mind.^[4]

In her later years, Anna Sophia suffered from a "chronic cough". Nevertheless, she was elected to succeed Anna Sophia I as princess-abbess of Quedlinburg in 1681 under the name Anna Sophia II. The sick abbess selected Duchess Anna Dorothea of Saxe-Weimar as her coadjutor in 1683. Anna Sophia II succumbed to her illness (likely tuberculosis) later that year, after only two years of reign, and was succeeded by Anna Dorothea.

References

^ ^a ^b Stevenson, Jane (2005). Women Latin poets: language, gender, and authority, from antiquity to the eighteenth century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-818502-2.
^ Robin Bruce Barnes; Robert McCune Kingdon; Robert V. Schnucker, eds. (1998). Habent Sua Fata Libelli/Books Have Their Own Destiny: Essays in Honor of Robert V. Schnucker. Truman State University Press. ISBN 0-940474-59-X.
^ It is #230 in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, #589 in Lutheran Service Book, and #339 in Lutheran Worship. For the text of the translation, see the entry on hymnary.org.
^ Becker-Cantarin, Barbara (2004). Daphnis: Zeitschrift für Mittlere Deutsche Literatur und Kultur der Frühen Neuzeit. Band 31, No 3-4. Rodopi. ISBN 90-420-1631-0.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anna Sophia II, Abbess of Quedlinburg

16. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

8. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

17. Christine of Saxony

4. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

18. Bernhard VIII, Lord of Lippe

9. Magdalene of Lippe

19. Catherine of Waldeck-Eisenberg

2. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

20. Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

10. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (=26)

21. Magdalena of Saxony

5. Magdalene of Brandenburg

22. Joachim Ernst, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

11. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

23. Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen

1. Anna Sophia II, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

24. Augustus, Elector of Saxony

12. Christian I, Elector of Saxony

25. Anne of Denmark

6. John George I, Elector of Saxony

26. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (=10)

13. Sophie of Brandenburg

27. Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

3. Duchess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

28. Albert, Duke of Prussia

14. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

29. Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

7. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia

30. Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

15. Marie Eleonore of Cleves

31. Archduchess Maria of Austria

Regnal titles
Anna Sophia II House of Hesse-Darmstadt Cadet branch of the House of Hesse
Preceded by Anna Sophia I	Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg 1681–1683	Succeeded by Anna Dorothea

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[Stevenson-1] Stevenson, Jane (2005). Women Latin poets: language, gender, and authority, from antiquity to the eighteenth century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-818502-2.

[Barnes-2] Robin Bruce Barnes; Robert McCune Kingdon; Robert V. Schnucker, eds. (1998). Habent Sua Fata Libelli/Books Have Their Own Destiny: Essays in Honor of Robert V. Schnucker. Truman State University Press. ISBN 0-940474-59-X.

[3] It is #230 in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary, #589 in Lutheran Service Book, and #339 in Lutheran Worship. For the text of the translation, see the entry on hymnary.org.

[Becker-Cantarin-4] Becker-Cantarin, Barbara (2004). Daphnis: Zeitschrift für Mittlere Deutsche Literatur und Kultur der Frühen Neuzeit. Band 31, No 3-4. Rodopi. ISBN 90-420-1631-0.

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v t e Abbesses of Quedlinburg
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