Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (23 June 1638 – 7 June 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the
House of Oldenburg
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and by marriage Duchess of
Saxe-Weimar.
Born in
Sonderburg, she was the second of the four children born from the marriage of
John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
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, and Countess Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst. From her three older and younger siblings, two survive adulthood: Dorothea Auguste (by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt) and Christian Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
Life
In
Weimar
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on 14 August 1656, Christine Elisabeth married
John Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar. They had five children:
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Anna Dorothea (Weimar, 12 November 1657 – Quedlinburg, 23 June 1704), Abbess of
Quedlinburg
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(1685).
#Wilhelmine Christine (Weimar, 26 January 1658 – Sondershausen, 30 June 1712), married on 25 September 1684 to Christian William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
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Eleonore Sophie (Weimar, 22 March 1660 – Lauchstädt, 4 February 1687), married on 9 July 1684 to
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt
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He was born in Merseburg, the fifth but third surviving son of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg an ...
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William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (19 October 1662 – 26 August 1728) was a duke of Saxe-Weimar.
Life
He was born in Weimar, the eldest son of Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Son ...
(Weimar, 19 October 1662 – Weimar, 26 August 1728).
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John Ernest 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 ...
(Weimar, 22 June 1664 – Weimar, 10 May 1707).
After the death of her father-in-law (1662), she became Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
She died in Weimar aged 40. She was buried in the ''Fürstengruft'', Weimar.
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Christine Elisabeth
Christine Elisabeth
1638 births
1679 deaths