Noble family House of Ascania | Mother Gisela Agnes of Rath | |
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Father Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen Born 7 May 1696
Köthen ( 1696-05-07 ) Died 30 August 1726, Weimar, Germany Spouse Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (m. 1716) Children Princess Bernardina Christina Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ernestina Albertina di Sassonia-Weimar Parents Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Gisela Agnes of Rath Grandparents Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen Similar Ernest Augustus I - Duke of S, Emmanuel Lebrecht - Prince of, Gisela Agnes of Rath, Princess Bernardina Christina, Johann Ernst III - Duke of S | ||
Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen (7 May 1696 in Köthen – 30 August 1726 in Weimar) was a princess of Anhalt-Köthen by births and by marriage successively Princess of Saxe-Merseburg and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
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Life
Eleonore Wilhelmine was the eldest daughter of Prince Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Köthen (1671-1704) from his marriage with Gisela Agnes of Rath, Countess of Nienburg (1669-1740). Eleonore Wilhelmine married first on 15 In February 1714 in Köthen to Prince Frederick Erdmann of Saxe-Merseburg (1691-1714). On the occasion of this marriage, he received the district of Dieskau as an apanage. However, fourteen weeks after his marriage he suddenly died.
On 24 January 1716 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Eleonore Wilhelmine married for the second time, to Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach (1688-1748). Eleonore Wilhelmine's brother met Johann Sebastian Bach during the wedding festivities, and later invited Bach to become Kapellmeister at the princely court in Köthen. Eleonore Wilhelmine later became the godmother of Bach's son Leopold Augustus.
Her marriage to Ernest Augustus was described as happy. During her ten years of marriage, she gave birth to seven children. After the birth of the Hereditary Prince, primogeniture was introduced in his two duchies.
Eleonore Wilhelmine died on 30 August 1726. She was buried in the ducal crypt at the Historical Cemetery in Weimar. Her widow was affected badly by her death. He left Weimar and started travelling.
Issue
From her second marriage, to Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar, Eleonore Wilhelmine had the following children: