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 daughter of Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666) and Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693).

Countess Louise Sophie
Countess consort of Nassau-Ottweiler
Born(1662-04-11)11 April 1662
Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg
Died9 April 1751(1751-04-09) (aged 88)
Ottweiler
Noble familyHouse of Hanau (by birth)
House of Nassau (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler
FatherJohann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
MotherCountess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

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.

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  • 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