Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (''Sophie Charlotte Albertine''; 27 July 1713 – 2 March 1747), was a German noblewoman member of the
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenbu ...
and by marriage Duchess of
Saxe-Weimar and
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 t ...
.
Born in
Weferlingen
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, she was the fourth of five children born from the marriage of
George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (19 June 1688 at Obersulzbürg Castle, near Mühlhausen – 17 May 1735 in Bayreuth), was a German prince, member of the House of Hohenzollern, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth ...
and
Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, known also as ''Dorothea von Holstein-Beck'' and ''Dorothea von Ziedewitz'', (24 November 1685 – 25 December 1761), was a German princess of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Margravine o ...
. In 1716 her mother was convicted of adultery and imprisoned; she probably never saw her again.
Life
In
Bayreuth on 7 April 1734, Sophie Charlotte married
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar as his second wife. They had four children:
# Charles Augustus Eugen, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 1 January 1735 – Weimar, 13 September 1736).
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Ernest Augustus II Konstantin, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Weimar, 2 June 1737 – Weimar, 28 May 1758).
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Ernestine Auguste Sophie (Weimar, 4 January 1740 – Hildburghausen, 10 June 1786), married on 1 July 1758 to
Ernst Frederick III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
# Ernest Adolph Felix (born and died Weimar, 23 January 1741 / b. Weimar, 1742 – d. Weimar, 1743)
On 26 July 1741 she also became in the Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach after her husband inherited that land.
Sophie Charlotte died in
Ilmenau aged 33. She was buried there.
Brandenburg-Bayreuth line in: Royaltyguide.nl
etrieved 1 October 2014
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1713 births
1747 deaths
Duchesses of Saxe-Eisenach