Tenure 1734-1747 Name Sophie of | Tenure 1741-1747 House House of Hohenzollern | |
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Born 27 July 1713
Weferlingen ( 1713-07-27 ) Issue Ernest Augustus II Konstantin, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Ernestine Auguste Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen Father George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Mother Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Died March 2, 1747, Ilmenau, Germany Spouse Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (m. 1734–1747) Children Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar Parents George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Grandchildren Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||
Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Sophie Charlotte Albertine; 27 July 1713 - 2 March 1747), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach.
Born in Weferlingen, she was the fourth of five children born from the marriage of George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. In 1716 her mother was convicted of adultery and imprisoned; she probably never saw her again.
Life
In Bayreuth on 7 April 1734, Sophie Charlotte married Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar as his second wife. They had four children:
- Charles Augustus Eugen, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 1 January 1735 - Weimar, 13 September 1736).
- Ernest Augustus II Konstantin, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Weimar, 2 June 1737 - Weimar, 28 May 1758).
- Ernestine Auguste Sophie (Weimar, 4 January 1740 - Hildburghausen, 10 June 1786), married on 1 July 1758 to Ernst Frederick III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
- Ernest Adolph Felix (born and died Weimar, 23 January 1741 / b. Weimar, 1742 - d. Weimar, 1743) [?].
On 26 July 1741 she also became in the Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach after her husband inherited that land.
Sophie Charlotte died in Ilmenau aged 33. She was buried there.