Background
Anna Sophia was the daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Duchess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. She was raised as Lutheran, received good education and grew up to be strictly religious.
Anna Sophia was the daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Duchess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. She was raised as Lutheran, received good education and grew up to be strictly religious.
She thought of leaving Quedlinburg to follow her sister"s example, but ultimately changed her mind. Despite suffering from "chronic cough", Anna Sophia was elected to succeed Anna Sophia I, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg, in 1681. The new princess-abbess selected Duchess Anna Dorothea of Saxe-Weimar as her coadjutor in 1683.
Anna Sophia II died the same year, after only two years of reign, and was succeeded by Anna Dorothea.
Being an abbess and Lutheran at the same time, Anna Sophia defended her choice to remain unmarried in her book