Countess Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (born 16 December 1673 in

Langenburg Langenburg () is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall. It is also the place where Wibele - small, sweet, biscuit-like ...

; died: 18 August 1743 in

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) was a German noblewoman, by birth member of the

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and by marriage Countess of

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Early life

Countess Johanna Sophia von

Hohenlohe-Langenburg Hohenlohe-Langenburg () was a German county and later principality in the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the current northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Langenburg. Since the medieval times this small state was ruled by the Hous ...

was the sixth daughter of Count Henry Frederick of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his second wife, Dorothea Juliana, Countess of

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(1640-1706). Besides her beauty, she was also a clever and apt pupil.

Marriage and issue

On 4 January 1691 in Langenburg Johanna Sophia married Count Frederick Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (1655–1728). Early in their marriage, she was allowed to accompany her husband, who traveled a great deal, but later was left behind more often. When disagreements erupted between Johanna Sophie and her husband, she moved with her two sons to Hanover. The marriage ended in divorce in 1723. Two years later, on 3 December 1725 Frederick Christian married his mistress, Maria Anna Victoria von Gall (1707-1760), daughter of Johann Michael von

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and his wife, Maria Anna von Enzenberg. Johanna Sophia and Frederick Christian had the following children: * Frederick August (1693–1694) * Wilhelm Ludwig (1695-1695) * Sophie Charlotte (1697-1697) * Philip (1697–1698) * Albert Wolfgang (1699–1748), Count of Schaumburg-Lippe 1728-1748 * Frederick Charles Louis (1702–1776)

Later life

Johanna Sophia became friends with the Electoral Princess

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(1683–1737), later wife of King

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and accompanied her to the

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. The Countess was a

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at the English court of the Kings of Hanover in

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References

* Anna-Franziska von Schweinitz: ''Johanna Sophia Gräfin zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Gräfin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1673–1743). Ein Leben an den Höfen von Langenburg, Bückeburg, Hannover und St. James'', in: ''Lebensbilder aus Baden-Württemberg'', Stuttgart 2001, pp. 100–128 * Liselotte von der Pfalz: ''Briefe an Johanna Sophie von Schaumburg-Lippe'', annotated and with an afterword, ed. by Jürgen Voss, in: ''Kleines Archiv des 18. Jahrhunderts'', Röhrig Universitätsverlag, St. Ingbert, 2003, p. 136 ff

External links

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