Ernestine Auguste Sophie (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1740 - 1786)

Born 4 Jan 1740 in Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Died 10 Jun 1786 at age 46 in Hildburghausen, Sachsen-Hildburghausen, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Ernestine Auguste Sophie Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Ernestine Auguste Sophie, (sometimes referred to as 'Auguste Ernestine Sophie') was the only daughter of Ernst August I, Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar (Duke of Saxe-Weimar), and his second wife, Sophia Charlotte Albertine, Markgräfin von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and was born 4 January 1740 at Weimar. Her father inherited Eisenach and Jena in 1741 and is often referred to as Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.^[1]

She married 1 July 1758, Ernst Friedrich III, Herzog von Sachsen-Hildburghausen, as his third wife, and had three children;

1. Sophie, born 22 February 1760 at Hildburghausen, married there 6 March 1776, Franz, Hereditary Prince (later Duke) of Sachsen-Saalfeld-Coburg, but died at Coburg, 28 October 1776;
2. Karoline, born 4 December 1761 at HIldburghausen, married at Öhringen, her uncle, Ernst, Prince of Sachsen-Hildburghausen, and died at Öhringen 10 January 1790;
3. Friedrich, born 29 April 1763 at Hildburghausen, succeeded his father as Duke of Sachsen-Hildburghausen 1780 and in a later re-arrangement of territory succeeded as Duke of Sachsen-Altenburg.^[1]

Her husband died 23 September 1780, and Ernestine died at Hildburghausen 10 June 1786.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. & Magdelaine, B., L'Allemagne Dynastique: Les quinze Familles qui ont fait l'Empire, Tome 1 Hesse-Reuss-Saxe, France, Le Perreux : Alain Giraud, 1976. pp. 449, 468, 483.

See also:

• Wikipedia:Princess_Ernestine_of_Saxe-Weimar