Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
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| Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf |
| Father | George August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg |
| Mother | Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern |
| Born | 20 August 1727 Gedern |
| Died | 22 April 1796 (aged 68) Ebersdorf |
Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg, born 20 August 1727 (20 July, according to other sources) at Gedern, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, in the then Holy Roman Empire, was a daughter of George August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg, and Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern. She died at Ebersdorf, Thuringia, on 22 April 1796, at age 69.
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She married Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, on 28 June 1754 at Thurnau, Bavaria, and had seven children, all of them born at Ebersdorf, Reuss-Jhungere-Linie, Thüringia.
- Heinrich XLVI, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 14 May 1755 - d. Ebersdorf, 18 April 1757).
- Countess Augusta Caroline Sophia Reuss of Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 19 January 1757 - d. Coburg, 16 November 1831); created Princess of Reuss-Ebersdorf (German: Fürstin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 13 June 1777 to Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
- Countess Louise Christine Reuss of Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 2 June 1759 - d. Lobenstein, 5 December 1840); created Princess Reuss of Ebersdorf (German: Fürstin Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806; married on 1 June 1781 to Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz.
- Heinrich LI, Prince Reuss-Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 16 May 1761 - d. Ebersdorf, 10 July 1822); created Prince Reuss of Ebersdorf (German: Fürst Reuß zu Ebersdorf) on 9 April 1806.
- Countess Ernestine Ferdinande Reuss of Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 28 April 1762 - d. Ebersdorf, 19 May 1763).
- Countess Heinrich LIII Count Reuss of Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 24 May 1765 - d. Ebersdorf, 28 June 1770).
- Countess Henriette Reuss of Ebersdorf (b. Ebersdorf, 9 May 1767 - d. Coburg, 3 September 1801); married on 4 July 1787 to Prince Emich Kyrill, 2nd Prince of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg.
