Anna Sophia II, Abbess of Quedlinburg

• Name — Anna Sophia II • Succession — Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg • Reign — 1681–1683 • Predecessor — Anna Sophia I • Successor — Anna Dorothea • Father — George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt • Mother — Sophia Eleonore of Saxony • House — Hesse-Darmstadt • Born — 17 December 1638 • Birthplace — Marburg, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt • Died — 13 December 1683 • Place of death — Quedlinburg Abbey • Religion — Lutheranism

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

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. 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, on 13 December 1683, aged 44, after only two years of reign, and was succeeded by Anna Dorothea.

The authorities additionally record the headings Anna Sophia, Landgravine Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt and Anna Sophia von Hessen-Darmstadt. Her recorded language was German. Her recorded confession was Lutheranism. She was the child of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony. Other recorded relations include Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt, George III, Landgrave of Hesse-Itter, Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt and Hessen, Landgräfin Augusta Philippina.