Hedwig Friederike von Württemberg-Weiltingen
Hedwig Friederike von Württemberg-Weiltingen (born October 18, 1691 in Weiltingen , † August 14, 1752 in Zerbst ), came from the Weiltingen branch of the House of Württemberg and was Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage .
Life
Hedwig Friederike was a daughter of Duke Friedrich Ferdinand von Württemberg-Weiltingen (1654–1705) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1665–1726), daughter of Duke Georg II von Württemberg-Mömpelgard . The family had fled several times to Oels and Rothenburg ob der Tauber because of the threat from French troops .
Hedwig Friederike's father died in 1705, with which the Württemberg-Weiltingen house became extinct and fell back to the main Stuttgart line. Hedwig Friederike's mother had been mentally ill since 1693. Hedwig Friederike was brought up together with her older sister Sibylle Charlotte (1690–1735) by the court preacher Tobias Nißlen.
On October 8, 1715, Hedwig Friederike married the future Prince Johann August von Anhalt-Zerbst in Zerbst , whose first marriage to Friederike von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg had remained childless. In her marriage contract, Hedwig Friederike renounced all Wuerttemberg areas that might be entitled to inheritance. Hedwig Friederike and her husband shaped the appearance of the residence. In addition, Johann August had a pleasure house built for his wife in 1726. This marriage should also remain childless, which is why his land later fell to the Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg line.
After the death of her husband in 1742, the new regents of Anhalt-Zerbst Johann Ludwig II and his brother Christian August decided that Hedwig Friederike Castle Coswig would be the widow's residence . However, this was able to enforce her stay in the Zerbster residence. Here she died in 1752 after a stroke.
In 1721, Hedwig Friederike gave its name to Friederikengroden and the town of Friederikensiel in what is now Wangerland .
literature
- Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (ed.): The house of Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 200
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| SURNAME | Württemberg-Weiltingen, Hedwig Friederike von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1691 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weiltingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1752 |
| Place of death | Zerbst |