Auguste Reuss zu Ebersdorf
Countess Auguste Caroline Sophie Reuss zu Ebersdorf (born January 19, 1757 in Ebersdorf ; † November 16, 1831 in Coburg ) was Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by marriage.
Life
Auguste was the daughter of Count Heinrich XXIV. Reuss zu Ebersdorf (1724–1779) and his wife Karoline Ernestine zu Erbach-Schönberg (1727–1796). Ebersdorf was a center of Pietism in Thuringia and Augustes grandparents were admirers of this faith. Augustes great-aunt Erdmuthe Dorothea was closely associated with the Moravian Brethren . This background explains the deep religiosity of August.
Auguste was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time. Her father had the painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein commissioned a painting on which Auguste is depicted as Artemisia . He had this painting exhibited at the Perpetual Reichstag so that potential marriage candidates would become aware of his beautiful daughter.
On June 13, 1777 in Ebersdorf, she married Franz Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld , who, incidentally, had acquired the painting for four times the price.
As a duchess and mother, Auguste became the ancestor of important European royal families. She had traveled to Saint Petersburg with her eldest three daughters when Tsarina Catherine II was looking for a bride for her grandson Constantine. This decided on Princess Juliane. This survey also enabled Julian's siblings to benefit.
progeny
Auguste had the following children from her marriage to Franz:
- Sophie (1778–1835) ⚭ 1804 Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly , since 1818 Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777–1852)
- Antoinette (1779–1824) ⚭ 1798 Prince Alexander Friedrich Karl of Württemberg (1771–1833)
- Juliane (Anna Fjodorowna) (1781–1860) ⚭ 1796–1820 Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich
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Ernst I. (1784–1844)
⚭ 1. 1817–1826 Princess Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800–1831) (divorced)
⚭ 2. 1832 Princess Marie of Württemberg (1799–1860) - Ferdinand (1785–1851) ⚭ 1816 Maria Antonie Gabriele von Koháry , father of Ferdinand II , King of Portugal and grandfather of Ferdinand I , Tsar of Bulgaria .
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Viktoria (1786–1861)
⚭ 1. 1803 Prince Emich Carl , 2. Prince zu Leiningen (1763–1814)
⚭ 2. 1818 Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (a younger son of King George III of Great Britain) married, mother the British Queen Victoria - Marianne Charlotte (1788–1794)
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Leopold I (1790–1865), 1831–1865 King of the Belgians
⚭ 1. 1816 Princess Charlotte Auguste (1796–1817)
⚭ 2. 1829 Karoline Bauer , (1807–1877) (historically not certain, divorced in 1831)
⚭ 3. 1832 Princess Louise of Orléans (1812–1850) - Maximilian (1792-1793)
death
Auguste found her final resting place in 1831 in a mausoleum in the Coburg Hofgarten , which her son Ernst I had built for his parents in 1817. Augustes husband Franz, who died in 1806, is also buried there.
In the Natural History Museum Coburg since 2006 a space Duchess Auguste Hall, named after her.
See also
Literature and Sources
- Gertraude Bachmann: Nature and art in the travel diaries of Duchess Auguste Caroline Sophie von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (wording of the lecture on the 175th anniversary of the death of Duchess Auguste on November 16, 2006 in the Natural History Museum Coburg), Coburg 2006
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reuss zu Ebersdorf, Auguste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reuss-Ebersdorf, Auguste von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebersdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1831 |
| Place of death | Coburg |