Countess Margarethe (of Erbach)

Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) was born on 17 May 1576 in Erbach Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt.¹ She married Count Ludwig Eberhard (of Öttingen-Öttingen) on 17 May 1598 in Schwaben, Bavaria.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) died on 26 May 1635 in Ulm Donau, Donaukreis, Whurttemberg, at age 59.¹
She became the mother of Count Gottfried Georg (of Öttingen) on 1 August 1599.¹ Margarethe's son Count Gottfried Georg (of Öttingen) died on 24 September 1599.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Marie Magdalene (of Öttingen-Öttingen) on 27 September 1600.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Count Wolfgang Wilhelm (of Öttingen) on 14 October 1601.¹ Margarethe's son Count Wolfgang Wilhelm (of Öttingen) died on 11 March 1602.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Johanne (of Öttingen) on 30 August 1602.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Anna Elisabeth (of Öttingen) on 3 November 1603.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Dorothea (of Öttingen) on 10 March 1605.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Juliane (of Öttingen) in 1607.¹ Margarethe's daughter Countess Juliane (of Öttingen) died on 22 June 1608.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Count Friedrich (of Öttingen) on 30 August 1608.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Christine (of Öttingen) in 1609.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Agathea (of Öttingen) on 27 December 1610.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Count Joachim Ernst (of Öttingen) on 31 March 1612.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Countess Sofie (of Öttingen) on 8 July 1613.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Count Ernst (of Öttingen) about 1614.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Daughter Öttingen-Öttingen on 5 April 1615.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became the mother of Son Öttingen-Öttingen on 5 April 1615.¹ Margarethe's son Count Friedrich (of Öttingen) died on 2 April 1628.¹ Margarethe's son Count Joachim Ernst (of Öttingen) was married to Countess Anna Sibylle (of Solms-Sonnenwalde) on 8 December 1633 in Schwaben, Bavaria.¹ Countess Margarethe (of Erbach) became a widow with the death of her husband, Count Ludwig Eberhard (of Öttingen-Öttingen) on 4 July 1634 in Mittelfranken, Bavaria, at age 56.¹