Ernestine Auguste Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Ernestine Auguste Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Princess Ernestine Auguste Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born January 4, 1740 in Weimar ; † June 10, 1786 in Hildburghausen ) was Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen .

Life

Ernestine Auguste Sophie was a daughter of Duke Ernst August I of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688–1748) and his second wife, Princess Sophie Charlotte Albertine (1713–1747), daughter of Margrave Georg Friedrich Carl von Brandenburg-Bayreuth .

Ernestine Auguste Sophie was orphaned at the age of eight and was brought up at the court of her uncle, the Bayreuth Margrave Friedrich (her mother's brother). At the Bayreuth Musenhof she received a variety of musical suggestions. Margravine Wilhelmine von Bayreuth , eldest sister of Frederick the Great, was a composer and librettist and directed the court opera; Margrave Friedrich, pupil of Johann Joachim Quantz , played the transverse flute , viol and musette de cour . When the Italian opera artist couple Girolamo and Rosa Bon were hired at court in 1755 , the Weimar princess came into contact with her daughter, the composer and singer Anna Bon di Venezia of the same age . In 1757 the composer dedicated “Six Sonatas for Harpsichord ” op. II to her.

On July 1, 1758, Ernestine Auguste Sophie married Duke Ernst Friedrich III in Bayreuth . Carl von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1727–1780). The marriage came about at the instigation of her aunt, Queen Sophie Magdalene of Denmark , who had also been the groom's mother-in-law. Ernestine's marriage property was important for Ernst Friedrich Carl, who was already widowed twice and was heavily indebted. She developed a lively musical life at the Hildburghausener Hof.

Carl Barth describes the Duchess as follows: “... including a fine half-squint of one eye, she was a beautiful, well-built lady, passionately engaged in music (French horn, flute, piano and violin!), Fought, rode, hunted on horseback and on foot like a man, mostly in full Amazonian costume and in close-fitting deerskin trousers, sitting on horseback, stepping as she directed the knightly exercises of the Hereditary Prince herself. "

Christian Friedrich von Stocmeier († 1807) was appointed as their chief steward, who, through his thrift, had a beneficial effect on the tense financial situation of the country, but could not stop the bankruptcy. In 1769 the country was placed under imperial administration and a debit commission tried to consolidate the financial situation.

After the death of her husband in 1780, she withdrew completely. She lived in the so-called Fischbergsche Haus on the market in Hildburghausen and was mainly concerned with music. Prince Joseph Friedrich von Sachsen-Hildburghausen was the guardian of her still minor son .

progeny

literature

  • Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: The dukes of Saxony-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992
  • Rudolf Armin Human: Chronicle of the city of Hildburghausen. Hildburghausen 1886

References and comments

  1. ↑ Portrait in Eisenach Castle
  2. ↑ Margrave Friedrich awarded her the title Virtuosa di Musica di Camera in 1756 .
  3. ↑ Be Sonata per il harpsichord
  4. ↑ Heinrich Ferdinand Schöppl: The Dukes [sic] of Saxe-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992 p. 73.

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personal data
SURNAME Ernestine Auguste Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1786
Place of death Hildburghausen