Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Bernburg

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Elisabeth Albertine von Anhalt-Bernburg (born March 31, 1693 in Bernburg ; † July 7, 1774 in Arnstadt ) from the house of the Askanians was a princess of Anhalt-Bernburg and, by marriage, princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .

Life

Elisabeth Albertine was the eldest child of Prince Karl Friedrich von Anhalt-Bernburg (1668–1721) from his first marriage to Sophie Albertine (1672–1708), daughter of Count Georg Friedrich zu Solms-Sonnenwalde .

She married Count Günther XLIII in Bernburg on October 2, 1712 . von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1678–1740) (later Prince Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen). The marriage described as happy by contemporary witnesses remained childless. Between 1729 and 1734 the Princely Palace in Arnstadt was built for Elisabeth Albertine as a widow's residence. Elisabeth Albertine tried to establish a second court in Arnstadt during the Prince's lifetime. In a long legal battle, Günther's library came into the possession of his widow after Günther's death, and she passed it on to her brother Viktor Friedrich .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deutsche Burgenvereinigung: Burgen und Schlösser , Volume 35, p. 105, 1994
  2. ^ Bibliographical Institute: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , Volume 44, P. 568, 1927
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Bernburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH Bernburg (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1774
Place of death Arnstadt