Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach (12 September 1678 – 10 July 1707), was a German noblewoman of the

House of Zähringen The House of Zähringen (german: Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation ...

and by marriage Duchess of

Saxe-Eisenach Saxe-Eisenach (german: Sachsen-Eisenach) was an Ernestine duchy ruled by the Saxon House of Wettin. The state intermittently existed at three different times in the Thuringian region of the Holy Roman Empire. The chief town and capital of all th ...

Early life

Born at

Karlsburg Castle Karlsburg Castle in the Durlach district of Karlsruhe characterizes the history of the Baden since 1563. Only the ("Princesses' wing") of the historical building still stands. Pforzheim was the residence of Margrave Charles II, until he decide ...

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

Durlach Durlach is a borough of the German city of Karlsruhe with a population of roughly 30,000. History Durlach was bestowed by emperor Frederick II on the margrave Hermann V of Zähringen as an allodial possession. It was chosen by the margrave Ch ...

, she was the oldest of the four children of Prince

Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach Margrave (Prince) Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach (27 September 1648 in Durlach – 24 October 1703 at the Karlsburg Castle in Durlach) was a German general. He was the son of Margrave Frederick VI of Baden-Durlach and his wife Christina M ...

(younger brother of

Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Friedrich VII Magnus of Zähringen (23 September 1647 – 25 June 1709) was the Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1677 until his death. Born at Ueckermünde, he was the son of Margrave Friedrich VI and Countess Palatine Christine Magdalene of ...

) and his wife, Princess Anna Sophia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Biography

The only surviving child of her parents (her three younger brothers all died in infancy), in

Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest c ...

on 27 February 1697 she married Prince John William of Saxe-Eisenach (younger brother of Duke John George II) as his second wife. One year later (10 November 1698), her husband inherited the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach after his brother's death without issue. During her marriage, Christine Juliane gave birth seven children, of whom only three survived to adulthood: #Johannetta Antoinette Juliane (Jena, 31 January 1698 - Schloss Dahme, 13 April 1726), married on 9 May 1721 to Prince Johann Adolf of Saxe-Weissenfels (who in 1734 inherited the Duchy from his childless brother). #Caroline Christine (Jena, 15 April 1699 - Philippsthal, 25 July 1743), married on 24 November 1725 to

Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (23 September 1682 – 8 May 1770) was a member of the House of Hesse and Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal from 1721 until his death. Life Charles was the eldest son of Landgrave Philip of Hesse-Philipp ...

. #Anton Gustav (Eisenach, 12 August 1700 - Eisenach, 4 October 1710). #Charlotte Wilhelmine Juliane (Eisenach, 27 June 1703 - Erfurt, 17 August 1774), unmarried. #Johannetta Wilhelmine Juliane (Eisenach, 10 September 1704 - Eisenach, 3 January 1705). #Charles William (Eisenach, 9 January 1706 - Eisenach, 24 February 1706). #Charles August (Eisenach, 10 June 1707 - Eisenach, 22 February 1711). One month after her last childbirth, Christine Juliane died in

Eisenach Eisenach () is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situat ...

, aged 28. She was buried in the ''Georgenkirche'', Eisenach.Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach line in: Royaltyguide.nl
etrieved 29 September 2014

References

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