Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Koethen

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Eleonore Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Köthen, Duchess of Saxony-Weimar, painting by Johann Georg Dietrich

Eleonore Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Köthen (* May 7, 1696 in Köthen ; † August 30, 1726 in Weimar ) was a princess of Anhalt-Köthen and through marriage successively Princess of Saxony-Merseburg and Duchess of Saxony-Weimar .

Life

Eleonore Wilhelmine was the eldest daughter of Prince Emanuel Lebrecht von Anhalt-Köthen (1671–1704) from his marriage to Gisela Agnes von Rath , Countess of Nienburg (1669–1740). She married first wife on 15 February 1714 Köthen Prince Friedrich Erdmann von Saxe-Merseburg (1691-1714), who on the occasion of the marriage to the official Finsterwalde apanagiert was, but already fourteen weeks surprisingly died after the wedding.

Eleonore Wilhelmine was married to Duke Ernst August I of Saxe-Weimar (1688–1748) in Nienburg on January 24, 1716 . During the wedding celebrations, Eleonore Wilhelmine's brother Leopold got to know Johann Sebastian Bach , who was active in Weimar and who brought him to Koethen as court conductor. Eleonore Wilhelmine also acted as godmother for Bach's son Leopold August.

The marriage with Ernst August was described as happy. She gave birth to eight children in their ten-year marriage. After the birth of the Hereditary Prince, the primogeniture order was established in the country . Eleonore Wilhelmine's death hit Ernst August so hard that he left Weimar and went on extensive journeys. The duchess was buried in the Weimar Princely Crypt.

Coffin of the Duchess in the Princely Crypt Weimar

progeny

Eleonore Wilhelmine had the following children from her marriage to Ernst August I. von Sachsen-Weimar:

  • Wilhelm Ernst (1717–1719)
  • Wilhelmine Auguste (1717–1752)
  • Johann Wilhelm (1719–1732)
  • Charlotte Agnesa (1720-1724)
  • Johanna Eleonora (1721-1722)
  • Ernestine Albertine (1722–1769)
⚭ 1756 Count Philipp II. Ernst zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1723–1787)
⚭ 1744 Prince Johann Friedrich von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721–1767)
  • Emanuel Friedrich (1725–1729)

literature

  • August Benedict Michaelis: Introduction to a complete history of the electoral and princely houses in Germany , Volume 3, 1785, p. 667

Individual evidence

  1. ^ On the relationship between theology and music in Johann Sebastian Bach , GRIN Verlag, 2007, p. 22 ( digitized version )
  2. ^ Karl Helmrich: History of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach for school and home , Albrecht'schen priv. Hof-Buchdruckerei, 1852, p. 107
personal data
SURNAME Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Koethen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Anhalt-Köthen, through marriage successively Princess of Saxony-Merseburg and Duchess of Saxony-Weimar
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1696
PLACE OF BIRTH Koethen
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1726
Place of death Weimar