Sophie Luise of Württemberg (19 February 1642, in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

– 3 October 1702, in

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) was a Margravine of Brandeburg-Bayreuth as the wife of

Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (6 August 1644 in Bayreuth – 20 May 1712 in Erlangen) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. He was the only son of Erdmann August, Hereditary Margrave (''E ...

Early life

She was a Princess of

Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...

by birth, as the fifth child and eldest daughter of

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg Eberhard III (16 December 1614, Stuttgart – 2 July 1674, Stuttgart) ruled as Duke of Württemberg from 1628 until his death in 1674. Eberhard III became the heir under guardianship in 1628 during the Thirty Years' War at the age of 14 after t ...

and his first wife, Wild- und Rheingräfin Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg (1614-1655).

Marriage and issue

She married

( 6 August 1644 - 20 May 1712), widower of

Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 August 1684, Weissenfels - 6 May 1752, near Hotzenplotz in Roßwald) was a German nobility, German aristocrat and culture patron, Margrave, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage to George William, Margrave ...

the year before. The marriage was celebrated in

on 8 February 1671. Sophie-Louise gave her husband six children: * Christiane Eberhardine (29 December 1671,

– 5 September 1727, Pretzsch) * Elenore Magdalene (24 January 1673, Bayreuth – 13 December 1711,

Ettlingen Ettlingen (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Eddlinge'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about south of the city of Karlsruhe and approximately from the German-French border, border with Lauterbourg, in France's Bas-Rhin, ...

) * Klaudia Eleonore Sofie (4 July 1675, Bayreuth – 11 February 1676, Bayreuth) * Charlotte Emilie (4 June 1677, Bayreuth – 15 February 1678, Bayreuth) * Georg Wilhelm (26 November 1678, Bayreuth – 18 December 1726, Bayreuth) * Karl Ludwig (21 November 1679, Bayreuth – 7 April 1680, Bayreuth)

Death

She died on 3 October 1702 and was buried in Bayreuth. Her husband remarried the following year to

Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Empress Elisabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named ''Elisabeth'' or ''Elizabeth'' * Princess Elizabeth ( ...

and they had no further children. Of the surviving children, George William became a

Margrave Margrave was originally the Middle Ages, medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or a monarchy, kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain Feudal ...

on the death of his father in 1712, while Christiane-Eberhardine married Frederick Augustus, Duke of Saxony, King of Poland, in 1693.

References

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