Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (

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, 9 August 1767 –

, 28 April 1807) was from 1793 to 1807 reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Life

Louis Frederick was born on 9 August 1767 in

and was the second child and first son of the then Hereditary Prince Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his first wife Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. At that time his grandfather Louis Günther II was ruling over the principality. In 1789 Louis Frederick and his brother Karl Günther went to Geneva and other destinations for their education. During this journey they learned about the events of the

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. On July 21, 1791 in Homburg he married

Caroline of Hesse-Homburg Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1771–1854) was the daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife, Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt. She married in 1791 to Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louis Frederick II, P ...

, daughter of

Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was born under Europe's Ancie ...

Issue

From the marriage of the Prince with Caroline were born the following children: * Princess Carolina Augusta of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1792–1794) * Friedrich Günther (1793–1867), Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt : ∞ 1. 1816 Princess

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(1793–1854), : ∞ 2. 1855 Princess Helena von Anhalt-Dessau (1835–1860), : ∞ 3. 1861 Lydia Maria Schultze (1840–1909), * Princess Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1795–1861), : ∞ 1817

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(1785–1859), * Princess Caroline of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (*/† 1796), *

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(1798–1869), Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt : ∞ 1827 Princess Auguste Luise of Solms-Braunfels (1804–1865), * Prince Bernhard of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1801–1816), * Prince Rudolf of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1801–1808).

Bibliography

* Heinrich Friedrich Theodor Apfelstedt: ''Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit: dargestellt in den Stammtafeln seiner Haupt- und Nebenlinien und mit biographischen Notizen über die wichtigsten Glieder derselben'', Bertram, Sondershausen 1890, * Jens Henkel, Lutz Unbehaun, Frank Esche, Horst Fleischer: ''Die Fürsten von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt'', (Broschiert - 1997) * Johann Christian August Junghans: ''Geschichte der schwarzburgischen Regenten'', Leipzig 182
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* Heinrich Schöppl: ''Die Regenten des Fürstentums Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt'', Rudolstadt 1915. {{DEFAULTSORT:Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1767 births 1807 deaths House of Schwarzburg Princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt