Prince Charles Louis of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; Schaumburg, 16 May 1723 – Schaumburg, 20 August 1806), was a German prince of the

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from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch and ruler of the principality of

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. He was the third (but second surviving) son of Victor I Amadeus Adolph, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, by his first wife Charlotte Louise, daughter of Wilhelm Moritz, Count of

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and Countess Anna Amalie of

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Life

The death of his elder brother the Hereditary Prince Christian in 1758 made him the new heir of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Fourteen years later, in 1772, Charles Louis succeeded his father in the government of the principality.

Marriages and Issue

First marriage

When Charles Louis was a young officer in a regiment in the service of the

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, he fell in love with Benjamine Gertrude Keiser lso called ''Kaiserinn'' or ''Keyser''(b. Stevensweert, 1 January 1729 - d. Belleville, near

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, 6 January 1787), daughter of a Dutch captain. Without the consent of his father, Charles Louis married her in Stevensweert on 25 March 1748. They had one daughter: #Victoria Hedwig Karoline (b. Stevensweert, 9 January 1749 - d.

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, 26 June 1841), married on 21 November 1776 to Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras, an officer in the guards of the Count de Provence, later King

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. The marriage was declared null and void by a court in

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on 26 July 1757, and Charles Louis and Benjamine's attempts to have their daughter recognized as a princess of Anhalt were rejected by the Reichshofrat on 11 May 1778; likewise. an attempt to obtain the title of countess of Anhalt was rejected on 14 September.Morganatic and Unequal Marriages in German Law
/ref> Finally, Charles Louis obtained for his daughter the title of Baroness of Bärenthal (German: ''Freifrau von Bärenthal'').

Second marriage

In Braunfels on 12 December 1765 Charles Louis married Princess Amalie Eleonore (b. Braunfels, 22 November 1734 - d. Schaumburg, 19 April 1811), daughter of

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and his second wife Countess Sophia Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Utphe. They had five children: # Victor II Charles Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (b. Schaumburg, 2 November 1767 - d. Schaumburg, 22 April 1812) married Amalie Charlotte of

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(August 7, 1776 - February 19, 1841) on October 29, 1793. #William Louis (b. Schaumburg, 19 April 1771 - killed in action, Stockach, 25 March 1799). #Alexius Klemens (b. Schaumburg, 19 August 1772 - d. Schaumburg, 12 July 1776). #Sophie Charlotte (b. Schaumburg, 29 September 1773 - d. Schaumburg, 25 February 1774). #Karoline Ulrike (b. Schaumburg, 22 September 1775 - d. Schaumburg, 4 March 1782).

Ancestry

References

Bibliography

* Christian von Stramburg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach: ''Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius ...'', Teil 2, Band 3, p. 308 ff. * Ferdinand Siebigk: ''Das Herzogthum Anhalt'', p. 243, Dessau, 1867 * Philipp Ernst Bertram, Johann C. Krause: ''Geschichte des Hauses und Fürstenthums Anhalt'', Band 2, p. 644, Curt, 1782 {{DEFAULTSORT:Charles Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 1723 births 1806 deaths People from Schaumburg House of Ascania