Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg
| Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg | |||||
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| Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |||||
| Tenure | 18 February 1680 – 2 August 1686 | ||||
| Born | 4 August 1660 Merseburg | ||||
| Died | 2 August 1686 (aged 25) Saalfeld | ||||
| Spouse | Johann Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
| Issue | Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Charlotte Wilhelmine, Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg | ||||
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| House | House of Wettin | ||||
| Father | Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg | ||||
| Mother | Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg (4 August 1660 - 2 August 1686), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Saalfeld.
Born in Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Life[edit]
In Merseburg on 18 February 1680 Sophie Hedwig married Johann Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Both belonged to the House of Wettin: she was a member of the Albertine line while her husband belonged to the Ernestine branch. Three years before (1677) one of Sophie Hedwig's sisters, Christiane, married Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg, in turn one of Johann Ernest's older brothers, so probably this marriage was instrumental for her future wedding.
The union produced five children, of whom only two survive adulthood:[1][better source needed]
- Christiane Sophie (b. Saalfeld, 14 June 1681 – d. Saalfeld, 3 June 1697).
- Stillborn daughter (Saalfeld, 6 May 1682).
- Christian Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Saalfeld, 18 August 1683 – d. Saalfeld, 4 September 1745).
- Charlotte Wilhelmine (b. Saalfeld, 4 May 1685 – d. Hanau, 5 April 1767), married on 26 December 1705 to Philip Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg.
- Stillborn son (Saalfeld, 2 August 1686).
Sophie Hedwig died in childbirth in Saalfeld, two days before her twenty-six birthday. She was buried in the Johanniskirche, Saalfeld.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Wettin". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 27 September 2014.[self-published source]
- ^ Saxe-Merseburg line in: Royaltyguide.nl [retrieved 27 September 2014].
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