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Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt

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Reign
  
1745–1764

Name
  
Princess Sophie

Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Born
  
9 September 1700 Rudolstadt (
1700-09-09
)

Issue
  
Ernest Frederick Prince Johann Wilhelm Princess Anna Sophie Prince Christian Franz Charlotte Sophie, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Fredericka Magdalene Princess Fredericka Caroline Prince Josias

Father
  
Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Mother
  
Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Died
  
December 11, 1780, Romhild, Germany

Spouse
  
Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (m. 1723)

Children
  
Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Parents
  
Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Grandchildren
  
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Grandparents
  
Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Muhlingen

Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (9 September 1700 – 11 December 1780) was a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Contents

She was the daughter of Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (15 October 1667 – 24 June 1718) and Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1670–1728).

Family

On 2 January 1723 in Rudolstadt, she married Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. They had the following children:

  • Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Saalfeld, 8 March 1724 – Coburg, 8 September 1800); great-grandfather of King Leopold II of Belgium, Carlota of Mexico, Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert.
  • Prince Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 11 May 1726 – Hohenfriedberg, 4 June 1745); killed in battle.
  • Princess Anna Sophia of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 3 September 1727 – Coburg, 10 November 1728)
  • Prince Christian Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 25 January 1730 – Coburg, 18 September 1797)
  • Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 24 September 1731 – Schwerin, 2 August 1810); married on 13 May 1755 Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
  • Princess Friederike Magdalene of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 21 August 1733 – Coburg, 29 March 1734)
  • Princess Friederike Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 24 June 1735 – Schlos Schwaningen, 18 February 1791), married on 22 November 1754 Karl Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
  • Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, 26 December 1737 – Coburg, 26 February 1815)

    • Titles and styles

  • 9 September 1700 – 2 January 1723: Her Serene Highness Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
  • 2 January 1723 - 16 September 1764: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
  • 16 September 1764 - 11 December 1780: Her Royal Highness The Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

    • Ancestry

    References

    Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Wikipedia
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