Religion Lutheranism Name Princess Caroline | House House of Wettin | |
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Born 24 June 1735
Coburg ( 1735-06-24 ) Father Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Mother Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Died February 18, 1791, Unterschwaningen, Germany Spouse Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Parents Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Grandparents John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Great-grandparents Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha | ||
Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony (24 June 1735 – 18 February 1791) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth and through marriage the last Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth.
Frederica Caroline was the fifth child and youngest daughter of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1700–1780), daughter of Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
On 22 November 1754 in Coburg, she married Margrave Karl Alexander of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth (1736-1806). The marriage was concluded for dynastic reasons. Although Frederica Caroline was considered virtuous, gentle, charitable and devout, her husband found her ugly, ignorant and boring. The marriage remained childless, he separated from his wife, who by that time lived at Schwaningen Castle in Unterschwaningen, and began to live with his mistress Elizabeth Craven.
Frederica Caroline's brother, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, owed his sister admission to the regiment as captain, this starting point of his brilliant career military.
After Frederica Caroline's death, her husband abdicated as Margrave and sold the Margravate to Prussia, he left the country and married his English mistress that year. Frederica Caroline is buried in the Gumbertuskirche in Ansbach.