Noble family Stolberg Name Princess of | Role 1764-1834 | |
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Father Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern Mother Countess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein Born 13 November 1764
Gedern ( 1764-11-13 ) Died May 24, 1828, Pokoj, Opole Voivodeship, Poland Spouse Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke Eugen of Wurttemberg Children Duke Eugen of Wurttemberg, Duke Paul Wilhelm of Wurttemberg Parents Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern, Christian-Charles de Stolberg-Gedern Grandchildren Duchess Agnes of Wurttemberg Great grandchildren Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Duke Eugen of Wurttemberg | ||
Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (13 October 1764 – 24 May 1834), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Stolberg and by her two marriages Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen and Württemberg.
Born in Gedern, she was the second child of Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern and his wife Countess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein. She was born three months after her father's death, on 21 July 1764.
Life
In Gedern on 5 June 1780, Louise married firstly Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Their childless union lasted only two years until Karl Wilhelm's death, on 21 July 1782.
Five years later, on 21 January 1787 in Meiningen, Louise married secondly Duke Eugen, the third child of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg. They had five children:
Louise died in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia, aged sixty-nine, having survived her second husband and two of her children.