Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt | |
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Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach | |
Reign | 1729–1741 |
Born | Berlin | 24 December 1706
Died | 3 January 1751 Sangerhausen | (aged 44)
Spouse | Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach |
House | Hohenzollern |
Father | Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
Mother | Maria Dorothea Kettler of Courland and Semigallia |
Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt (24 December 1706 – 3 January 1751), was a German noblewoman and member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach.
Born in Berlin, she was the third of seven children born from the marriage of Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt (a younger brother of King Frederick I of Prussia) and Maria Dorothea Kettler, by birth Princess of Courland and Semigallia. From Anna Sophie's six older and younger siblings, only four survive adulthood: three brothers (Charles Frederick Albert, Frederick and Frederick William; all died unmarried and without legitimate issue) and one sister (Sophie Fredericka Albertine, by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg).[1][better source needed]
Life[]
In Berlin on 3 June 1723 Anna Sophie married Wilhelm Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach as his second wife. They had no children.[2][better source needed]
She became in Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach after the accession of her husband on 14 January 1729.
Anna Sophie died in Sangerhausen aged 44,[3] having survived her husband by nine years. She was buried in Halle.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ a b Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Hohenzollern". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 1 October 2014.[self-published source]
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Wettin". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 1 October 2014.[self-published source]
- ^ Anna Sophia Charlotte von Brandenburg-Schwedt (Hohenzollern), Herzogin zu von Sachsen-Eisenach in: Geni.com [retrieved 1 October 2014].
- 1706 births
- 1751 deaths
- House of Wettin
- People from Berlin
- Duchesses of Saxe-Eisenach