Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

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Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg duchess of of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt.jpg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
Reign1702-1713
Born(1665-07-04)4 July 1665
Wiesenburg
Died25 February 1748(1748-02-25) (aged 82)
Neustadt an der Orla
SpouseFrederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
HouseOldenburg
FatherPhilip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
MotherAnna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg

Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (4 July 1665 - 25 February 1748), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt.

Born in Wiesenburg, she was the thirteenth 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, Sophie Elisabeth (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz), Charles Louis, Eleanor Margaret (by marriage Princess of Liechtenstein), William Christian, Magdalene Sophie (Abbess in Quedlinburg) 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 Moritzburg Castle on 27 February 1702, Anna Fredericka Philippine married Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt. They had two children, of whom only one survive adulthood:

  1. Maurice Adolph Charles (Moritzburg, 1 December 1702 - Pöltenberg, 20 June 1759), Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (1713–18), Bishop of Hradec Králové (Königrgrätz) (1732) and Litoměřice (Leitmeritz) (1733–52),
  2. Dorothea Charlotte (Moritzburg, 20 May 1708 - Moritzburg, 8 November 1708).

Anna Fredericka Philippine died in Neustadt an der Orla aged 82.

References[]

Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
Born: 4 July 1665 Died: 25 February 1748
German royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Sophie Angelika of Württemberg-Oels
Duchess consort of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
1702–1713
Merged to the Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz
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