Johanna Magdalena of Saxony-Weissenfels
Johanna Magdalena von Sachsen-Weißenfels (born March 17, 1708 in Weißenfels , † January 25, 1760 in Leipzig ) was the only surviving daughter of Duke Johann Georg von Sachsen-Weißenfels (1677-1712) and his wife Friederike Elisabeth von Sachsen-Eisenach (1669–1730), her other children died early.
Johanna Magdalena was 22 years old when she married the 74-year-old Duke of Courland, Ferdinand Kettler (1655-1737) on February 26, 1730 . She became a widow in 1737 and the marriage remained childless. So she moved to Leipzig as a rich widow. There she made the acquaintance of the English ambassador Charles Hanbury Williams .
After the death of her husband, she was engaged to Adam Rudolph von Schönberg , but died shortly before the planned wedding.
Her coffin is now in the princely crypt in Neu-Augustusburg Castle in the Evangelical Castle Chapel of St. Trinity.
literature
- New genealogical-historical news of the most distinguished events that happened at the European courts, Volume 56, 1761, Nekrolog
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Vehse, History of the German Courts since the Reformation: History of the Courts of the House of Saxony , p. 286f
- ^ Sarcophagus of Johanna Magdalena, Duchess of Courland (1708–1760)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sachsen-Weißenfels, Johanna Magdalena von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Courland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1708 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weissenfels |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1760 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |