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Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar
Tenure1734–1747
Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach
Tenure1741–1747
Born(1713-07-27)27 July 1713
Weferlingen
Died2 March 1747(1747-03-02) (aged 33)
Ilmenau
SpouseErnest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
IssueKarl August Eugen, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar
Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess Eleonore Christiane
Princess Johanna Auguste
Ernestine, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Prince Ernst Adolf
Names
Sophie Charlotte Albertine
HouseHouse of Hohenzollern
FatherGeorge Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
MotherDorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Sophie Charlotte Albertine; 27 July 1713 – 2 March 1747), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach.

Born in Weferlingen, she was the fourth of five children born from the marriage of George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.[1][better source needed] In 1716 her mother was convicted of adultery and imprisoned; she probably never saw her again.

Life

In Bayreuth on 7 April 1734, Sophie Charlotte married Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar as his second wife. They had four children:

  1. Charles Augustus Eugen, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 1 January 1735 – Weimar, 13 September 1736).
  2. Ernest Augustus II Konstantin, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Weimar, 2 June 1737 – Weimar, 28 May 1758).
  3. Ernestine Auguste Sophie (Weimar, 4 January 1740 – Hildburghausen, 10 June 1786), married on 1 July 1758 to Ernst Frederick III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
  4. Ernest Adolph Felix (born and died Weimar, 23 January 1741 / b. Weimar, 1742 – d. Weimar, 1743) [?].

On 26 July 1741 she also became the Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach after her husband inherited that land.

Sophie Charlotte died in Ilmenau aged 33. She was buried there.[2]

References

  1. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Hohenzollern". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 1 October 2014.[self-published source]
  2. ^ Brandenburg-Bayreuth line in: Royaltyguide.nl Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 1 October 2014].
Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Born: 27 July 1713 Died: 2 March 1747
German royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen 		Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar
1734–1747 		Vacant
Title next held by
Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Preceded by Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach
1741–1747
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