Reign 1676-1681 | Name Sophie of | |
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Born 4 May 1653
Homburg vor der Hohe ( 1653-05-04 ) Died 19 August 1684(1684-08-19) (aged 31)
Schleusingen Spouse Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz Father Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg Mother Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg | ||
Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (4 May 1653 - 19 August 1684), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz.
Born in Homburg vor der Höhe, she was the third of fifteen children born from the second marriage of Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg with Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg. From her fourteen full-siblings, only seven survive adulthood: Frederick, Charles Louis, Eleanor Margaret (by marriage Princess of Liechtenstein), William Christian, Sophie Magdalene (Abbess in Quedlinburg), Anna Fredericka Philippine (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt) and Johanna Magdalene Louise. In addition, she had two further older half-siblings from her father's first marriage with Catharina of Waldeck-Wildungen, of whom only one survive: Dorothea Elisabeth (by her two marriages Countess of Sinzendorf, Rabutin and Marchioness de Fremonville).
Life
In Wiesenburg on 14 June 1676, Sophie Elisabeth married Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz as his third wife. They had no children.
Sophie Elisabeth died in Schleusingen aged 31. She was buried in the Hallenkrypta of the Dom St.Peter und Paul, Zeitz.