Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
| Princess Frederica Caroline | |
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| Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |
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| Born | 24 June 1735 Coburg |
| Died | 18 February 1791 (aged 55) Unterschwaningen |
| Spouse | Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
(m. 1754) |
| House | Wettin |
| Father | Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Mother | Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony (24 June 1735 – 18 February 1791) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth and through marriage the last Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth.
Frederica Caroline was the fifth child and youngest daughter of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1700–1780), daughter of Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
On 22 November 1754 in Coburg, she married Margrave Karl Alexander of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth (1736-1806). The marriage was concluded for dynastic reasons. Although Frederica Caroline was considered virtuous, gentle, charitable and devout,[1] her husband found her ugly, ignorant and boring.[2] The marriage remained childless, he separated from his wife, who by that time lived at Schwaningen Castle in Unterschwaningen, and began to live with his mistress Elizabeth Craven.
Frederica Caroline's brother, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, owed his sister admission to the regiment as captain, this starting point of his brilliant career military.
After Frederica Caroline's death, her husband abdicated as Margrave and sold the Margravate to Prussia,[3] he left the country and married his English mistress that year. Frederica Caroline is buried in the Gumbertuskirche in Ansbach.
Ancestry[]
Notes[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Geschichte".
- ^ : Beiträge zur Geschichte des Brandenburgisch-Preussischen Staates, Band 1, Lüderitz, 1861, S. 766
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 107.
Bibliography[]
- Julius Mebes: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Brandenburgisch-Preussischen Staates, Band 1, Lüderitz, 1861, S. 766
External links[]
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