Noble family House of Wettin | Name Christiane Saxe-Merseburg | |
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Spouse(s) Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg Father Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg Mother Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg Born 1 June 1659Merseburg ( 1659-06-01 ) Died 13 March 1679(1679-03-13) (aged 19)Eisenberg Similar Christiana of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg, Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld, Sophie Hedwig of Saxe Merseburg | ||
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1 June 1659 - 13 March 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Born in Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.
Life
In Merseburg on 13 February 1677 Christiane married Duke Christian of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Both belonged to the House of Wettin: she was a member of the Albertine line while her husband belonged to the Ernestine branch. The couple settled in Eisenberg at the Christianburg Castle.
Two years later, on 4 March 1679, she gave birth to a daughter, named Christiane after her and later wife of Philip Ernst, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Glucksburg; however, nine days later (13 March) she died of childbirth complications aged 19, probably from puerperal fever. She was buried in Merseburg Cathedral. In her honour, her husband build the Castle church of St. Trinity (German: Schlosskirche St. Trinitatis) in the Christianburg Castle.