Christiane Henriette of Pfalz-Zweibrücken

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Christiane von Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Christiane Henriette von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (born November 16, 1725 in Rappoltsweiler , † February 11, 1816 in Arolsen ) was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and by marriage Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont .

Life

Christiane Henriette was a daughter of the Count Palatine and Duke Christian III. von Zweibrücken (1674–1735) from his marriage to Karoline (1704–1774), daughter of Count Ludwig Kraft von Nassau-Saarbrücken . Christiane Henriette was a sister of the Zweibrücker Duke Christian IV , the Great Landgrave and Field Marshal Friedrich Michael . She was also an aunt of the first Bavarian King Maximilian I.

On August 19, 1741, she married Prince Karl von Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704–1763) in Zweibrücken . After the death of her husband, she exercised guardianship for her first-born son in the principality from 1764 to 1766. Franz Friedrich Rothweil built the New Palace in Arolsen as a widow's residence (Wittumspalais) for the princess between 1764 and 1778 .

Christiane Henriette was considered to be art-loving and scientifically highly educated. She was a close friend of the anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach . Christiane set up a comprehensive library, which in 1788 comprised around 6,000 volumes, and maintained a cabinet of art and natural objects in her Arolsen residence .

When Christiane Henriette died at the old age of 90, she left behind considerable debts, which is why parts of her library and painting collection had to be auctioned in 1820 and was buried in the tree park of the New Palace in Arolsen.

progeny

From their marriage, Christiane Henriette had the following children:

  • Karl (1742–1756)
  • Friedrich (1743–1812), Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
  • Christian (1744–1798), Portuguese field marshal
  • Georg I (1747–1813), Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
⚭ 1784 Princess Auguste von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1768–1849)
⚭ 1765 (divorced 1772) Duke Peter Biron of Courland (1724–1800)
⚭ 1775 Duke Friedrich von Nassau-Usingen (1738–1816)
  • Ludwig (1752–1793), Dutch general, died

literature

  • Joseph Heinrich Wolf: The House of Wittelsbach: Bavaria's story from sources , GG Zeh, 1847, p. 482
  • Kerstin Merkel, Heide Wunder : German women of the early modern times , Scientific Book Society, 2000, p. 211 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association for the history and antiquity of Westphalia: Journal for patriotic history and antiquity , Volume 23, Association for the history and antiquity of Westphalia, 1863, p. 150
  2. ^ Rudolf Gaedechens : The antiques of the Princely Waldeck Museum in Arolsen , Speyer, 1862, p. 15
  3. ↑ Birgit Kümmel : Arolsen: meanwhile it wants to shine , Bing, 1992, p. 124
  4. ↑ http://fwhb.uni-kassel.de/fileadmin/user_upload/_temp_/Europa_im_Kleinen2.pdf (PDF; 587 kB)
  5. ↑ Birgit Kümmel: Arolsen: meanwhile it wants to shine , Bing, 1992, p. 130
  6. ↑ Allgemeine Anzeiger and Nationalzeitung der Deutschen , p. 3309 digitized
  7. ↑ http://dtm.bbaw.de/Waldeck/arolsen-hofbibliothek.htm#Christiane
personal data
SURNAME Christiane Henriette of Pfalz-Zweibrücken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christiane Henriette Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess Palatine von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, by marriage Princess von Waldeck and Pyrmont
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Rappoltsweiler
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1816
Place of death Arolsen