Friederike of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1715–1775)

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Friederike von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess of Sachsen-Weißenfels
Friederikenschlösschen in Bad Langensalza

Friederike von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (* July 17, 1715 in Gotha , † May 12, 1775 in Langensalza ) was a princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and by marriage the last duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels .

Life

Friederike was a daughter of Duke Friedrich II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676–1732) from his marriage to Magdalena Augusta (1679–1740), daughter of Prince Karl Wilhelm von Anhalt-Zerbst .

She married Duke Johann Adolf II of Saxony-Weissenfels (1685–1746) in Altenburg on November 27, 1734 . The four sons of this marriage died when they were young children, with which the Sachsen-Weißenfels family died out.

Friederike is buried in the castle church of Weißenfels .

The Friederikenschlösschen

After the death of her husband, she was only 31 years old, Friederike initially moved into her widow's residence in Dryburg Castle in what is now Bad Langensalza, as planned . East of the old town, in front of the city wall, she acquired a bourgeois garden and other properties. From 1749 to 1751 she had the so-called Friederikenschlösschen built there in rococo style . The building has stepped mansard roofs with ornate dormers . Two gentlemen's houses flank the castle. The park has an orangery , a well house and a coach house , which today houses a historic printing house. The entrance portal bears an alliance coat of arms of Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg and Sachsen-Weißenfels.

After the Duchess' death in 1775, her former personal physician Christian Friedrich Stöller bought the property. From 1922 to the 1990s the castle was owned by Ida Mary Fries-Fiscowitsch. Due to private use until 1945, the interior was changed, the exterior was retained. In the 1990s the castle became the property of the city, and between 1994 and 2000 the castle and park were renovated. Based on historical plans, the palace garden was reconstructed in the style of its basic baroque structure from 1751. Since 1946 castles and parks have been used for cultural events, but also for weddings.

progeny

Friederike had the following children from their marriage:

  • Karl Friedrich Adolf (born November 6, 1736 in Weißenfels; † March 24, 1737 there), Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Weissenfels
  • Johann Adolf (born June 27, 1738 in Weißenfels, † October 21, 1738 ibid), Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Weißenfels
  • August Adolf (born June 6, 1739 in Weißenfels; † June 7, 1740 ibid.), Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Weißenfels
  • Johann Georg Adolf (born May 17, 1740 in Weißenfels; † July 10, 1740 there), Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Weissenfels
  • Friederike Adolfine (born December 27, 1741 in Weißenfels, † July 4, 1751 in Langensalza), Princess of Saxony-Weissenfels

literature

  • Brigitte Buhlmann, Ingelore Thara: Small lexicon of the personalities of the city of Bad Langensalza and of Ufhoven. 2nd, revised edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-60-0 .
  • Christoph Gottlob Heinrich: Saxon history. Part 2. Weidmanns Erben and Reich, Leipzig 1782, p. 457 .
  • Katrin Mörstedt: Friederike, Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and last Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels, 1715–1775. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2001, ISBN 3-934748-56-2 .
  • Kerstin Sucher, Bernd Wurlitzer: Thuringia. DuMont Reiseverlag, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6396-6 , p. 81, digitized .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine, May 28, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Friederike of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German noblewoman, Duchess of Saxony-Weissenfels
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1715
PLACE OF BIRTH Gotha
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1775
Place of death Langensalza