Caroline von Erbach-Fürstenau
Caroline Amalie Countess of Erbach-Fürstenau (born September 29, 1700 in Fürstenau Castle ; † May 7, 1758 in Hildburghausen ) was duchess and from 1745 to 1748 regent of Saxony-Hildburghausen .
Life
Caroline was a daughter of Count Philipp Karl von Erbach zu Fürstenau and Michelstadt , Lords of Breuberg (1677-1736) and his first wife, Countess Charlotte Amalie von Kunowitz (1677-1722).
She married Duke Ernst Friedrich II of Saxony-Hildburghausen on June 19, 1726 at Fürstenau Castle . The couple initially lived in Königsberg, where the Hereditary Prince Ernst Friedrich Carl was born. In 1730 Ernst Friedrich had the Carolinenburg pleasure palace built for his wife. In 1744, the Wittumssitz Schloss Eisfeld, intended for Caroline, was also expanded .
After the death of her husband in 1745, she reigned for her underage eldest son. In a decree of 1746 it took measures against "wandering gypsies and beggars" whereby the death penalty was also applied. It restructured the code of criminal procedure and banned the sale of fiefs , allodies and goods without sovereign permission. In the process of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen at the court court for the office of Sonnefeld (1743–1752), she had the privy councilor Johann Sebastian Kobe von Koppenfels negotiate, who was able to make the process advantageous.
progeny
- Ernst Friedrich III. Carl (1727–1780), Duke of Saxony-Hildburghausen
- Friedrich August Albrecht (1728–1735)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen (1730–1795) ⚭ 1778 Caroline von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1761–1790)
- Sophie Amalie Caroline (1732–1799) ⚭ 1749 Prince Ludwig von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein of Öhringen (1723–1805)
literature
- Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: The dukes of Saxony-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992
- Dr. Rudolf Armin Human: Chronicle of the city of Hildburghausen Hildburghausen 1886
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich Ferdinand Schöppl: The Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992 p. 63
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| SURNAME | Caroline von Erbach-Fürstenau |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caroline of Saxony-Hildburghausen; Carolina of Saxe-Hildburghausen; Caroline Amalie von Erbach |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess and Regent of Saxony-Hildburghausen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1758 |
| Place of death | Hildburghausen |