Charlotte of Saxony-Hildburghausen
Katharina Charlotte Georgine Friederike Sophie Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (born June 17, 1787 in Hildburghausen ; † December 12, 1847 in Bamberg ) was a princess of Sachsen-Hildburghausen and by marriage Princess of Württemberg , since then called " Princess Paul of Württemberg ".
Life
Charlotte was the eldest daughter of Duke Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (since 1826 Duke of Sachsen-Altenburg ) and his wife Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz . One of her godparents was Tsarina Katharina II. She and her sisters Therese and Luise were considered very beautiful; Friedrich Rückert dedicated his poem " With three moss roses " to the princesses .
On September 28, 1805, in Ludwigsburg , she married Prince Paul von Württemberg, a well-known traveler and naturalist . The couple lived from 1807 to 1810 at the Apana Castle of Prince Großcomburg . After Charlotte gave birth to five children, the couple separated. A divorce was refused by the King of Württemberg . In total, she gave birth to twelve children, seven of whom survived childhood. She went back to Hildburghausen, where she became the owner of the so-called Royal House built by Prince Eugene in 1827 . Here she was often visited by her eldest daughter, with whom she had a close relationship, as well as her brother Friedrich , who left Hildburghausen after Charlotte's death.
Together with two of her ladies-in-waiting, she made a contribution to poor relief in Hildburghausen. She died in the residential palace in Bamberg and is buried in the crypt of the Württemberg house in Ludwigsburg.
A bust of the then 19-year-old princess made by Johann Heinrich Dannecker in 1806 was acquired for the Hildburghausen City Museum in 2010.
progeny
- Charlotte (1807–1873), later Grand Duchess Helene Pawlowna ⚭ 1824 Grand Duke Michael Pawlowitsch (1798–1849)
- Friedrich (1808–1870) ⚭ 1845 Katharina von Württemberg (1821–1898), daughter of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg
- Karl (1809-1810)
- Pauline (1810–1856) ⚭ 1829 Duke Wilhelm von Nassau (1792–1839)
- August (1813–1885)
literature
- Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: The dukes of Saxony-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint, Altenburg 1992.
- Dr. Rudolf Armin Human: Chronicle of the city of Hildburghausen. 1886. Hildburghausen 1886, reprint, Kessinger Publishing, 2010, ISBN 1168163331 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ “ Princess Paul returns to Hildburghausen ” in Thüringer Allgemeine from April 6, 2010, accessed on March 18, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sachsen-Hildburghausen, Charlotte von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Princess Paul of Württemberg; Saxony-Hildburghausen, Katharina Charlotte Georgine Friederike Sophie Therese von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Saxony-Hildburghausen, Princess of Württemberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildburghausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1847 |
| Place of death | Bamberg |