Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg (''Charlotte Dorothea Sophia''; 17 June 1672 – 29 August 1738) was a Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage to

Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 22 June 1664 – Weimar, 10 May 1707), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. Life He was the second son of Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. ...

Life

Born in Kassel, she was the eldest of twelve children born from the second marriage of

Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg (german: Friedrich II. von Hessen-Homburg), also known as the Prince of Homburg (30 March 1633 – 24 January 1708) was Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was also a successful and experienced general for the crowns of ...

with Louise Elisabeth Kettler, Princess of Courland and Semigallia. In Kassel on 4 November 1694 Charlotte married

as his second wife. After her husband's death in 1707, she received as a ''Wittum'' (

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land) the town of

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. Her main residence was the Yellow Castle (German: ''Gelbe Schloss'') in Weimar, which was built during 1702-1704. The guardianship of her only surviving child, Johann Ernest, was given to her brother-in-law William Ernest; however, Charlotte devotedly took care of her son during his illness and death aged 18, in 1715. Charlotte died in

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aged 66. She was buried in the ''Fürstengruft'', Weimar.

Issue

She had four children: # Charles Frederick (Weimar, 31 October 1695 – Weimar, 30 March 1696). # Johann Ernest (Weimar, 25 December 1696 – Frankfurt, 1 August 1715). # Marie Louise (Weimar, 18 December 1697 – Weimar, 29 December 1704). # Christiane Sophie (Weimar, 7 April 1700 – Weimar, 18 February 1701).

Notes

References

*Karl Helmrich
''Geschichte des Grossherzogthums Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach für Schule und Haus'', p. 106.
etrieved 5 October 2014 *Johann Samuel Ersch
''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer...'', p. 260.
etrieved 5 October 2014 , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Hesse-Homburg, Landgravine Charlotte of 1672 births 1738 deaths

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