Sophie Luise of Württemberg
Sophie Luise of Württemberg (19 February 1642, in Stuttgart – 3 October 1702, in Bayreuth) was a Margravine of Brandeburg-Bayreuth as the wife of Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Early life
She was a Princess of Württemberg by birth, as the fifth child and eldest daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and his first wife, Wild- und Rheingräfin Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg (1614-1655).[1][2][3]
Marriage and issue
She married Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (6 August 1644 - 20 May 1712), who had lost his first wife Erdmuthe Sophie of Saxony the year before. The marriage was celebrated in Stuttgart on 8 February 1671.
Sophie Louise gave her husband six children of which only three survived infancy:[4]
- Christiane Eberhardine (29 December 1671, Bayreuth – 5 September 1727, Pretzsch)
- Elenore Magdalene (24 January 1673, Bayreuth – 13 December 1711, Ettlingen)
- 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)
Of their surviving children, George William became margrave on the death of his father in 1712, while Christiane Eberhardine married Frederick Augustus, Duke of Saxony, a future King of Poland, in 1693.
Death
Sophie Louise died on 3 October 1702 and was buried in Bayreuth. Her husband remarried the following year to Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, but he had no further children.
References
- ^ "Markgrafenkirchen Schlosskirche Bayreuth". Markgrafenkultur (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Sophie Luise von Württemberg". geneee.org (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Faltblatt Die Bayreuther Markgräfinnen (1603–1763)" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Hohenzollern 3". www.genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 2022-02-06.