Caroline Ulrike Amalie from Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld

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Princess Karoline Ulrike Amalie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Karoline Ulrike Amalie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (* 19 October 1753 in Coburg , † 1. October 1829 ibid) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and last Dechantin in Imperial free secular Reichsstift of Gandersheim .

Life

Karoline Ulrike was a daughter of Duke Ernst Friedrich von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724–1800) from his marriage to Sophie Antonia (1724–1802), daughter of Duke Ferdinand Albrecht II of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

The princess entered Gandersheim Abbey in 1768 at the age of 14 and was unanimously elected dean by the Chapter in 1795. So she was considered the presumptive abbess and successor to Auguste Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel .

After the secularization and abolition of the monastery by the Westphalian authorities in 1802, Karoline was compensated for the loss of office as 49th abbess, in addition to an annual pension, with the monastery plenary , the famous Carolingian Gandersheim Gospel and the library of the monastery. She took this valuable art treasure back to her home town, where it became part of the Coburg State Library. The Gandersheim Gospels are now part of the art collections of the Veste Coburg .

She was buried in the Morizkirche in Coburg .

literature

  • Carl Eduard Vehse: History of the German Courts since the Reformation, Volume 12; Volume 46 , Hoffmann and Campe, 1860, p. 205 ( digitized version )
  • Hans Goetting: The Diocese of Hildesheim: The imperial canonical monastery Gandersheim , Walter de Gruyter, 1973, p. 74 ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philipp Carl Gotthard Karche: Yearbooks of the Ducal Saxon Residence City of Coburg , Ahl, 1829, p. 60
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.coburgerfrauen.de
  3. ↑ http://fabian.sub.uni-goettingen.de/fabian?Stiftsbibliothek_Gandersheim
personal data
SURNAME Caroline Ulrike Amalie from Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karoline Ulrike Amalie from Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld and canon in the imperial free secular imperial monastery of Gandersheim
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1829
Place of death Coburg