Sophie Christiane von Wolfstein
Sophie Christiane von Wolfstein (born October 24, 1667 in Sulzbürg ; † August 23, 1737 in Fredensborg Palace ) was a Countess of Wolfstein and, by marriage, Margravine of Brandenburg-Kulmbach .
Life
Sophie Christiane was a daughter of Count Albrecht Friedrich von Wolfstein zu Sulzbürg (1644–1693) from his marriage to Countess Sophia Luise (1645–1717), daughter of Count Wolfgang Georg zu Castell-Remlingen and Countess Sophie Juliane von Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach . Sophie Christianes maternal uncle was married to an aunt of Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf ; Sophie Christiane was therefore raised strictly religious in the sense of Pietism .
On August 14, 1687, she married the apanaged Margrave Christian Heinrich von Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1661–1708) in Obersulzbürg Castle . For the margravial court in Bayreuth, however, the marriage was “not befitting”.
After the birth of their first child, the family moved into Schönberg Palace , where Sophie Christine, described as "excellent", took care of the careful upbringing of the children. She summarized the prayers used for the “house prayer” in the so-called Schönberg hymnbook . Through the Schönberg Treaty in 1703, Christian Heinrich ceded the Bavarian-Ansbach succession to King Friedrich I of Prussia and was given the office of Weferlingen near Magdeburg, in whose castle the family subsequently lived.
After her husband's death, she lived permanently in Denmark at the invitation of her son-in-law, which became a refuge for German pietists. Sophie Christiane was buried in Roskilde Cathedral.
progeny
From their marriage, Christiane Sophie had 14 children:
- Georg Friedrich Karl (1688–1735), Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- ⚭ 1709 (closed 1724) Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761)
- Albrecht Wolfgang (1689–1734), fallen
- Dorothea Charlotte (1691-1712)
- ⚭ 1711 Count Karl Ludwig von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1674–1756)
- Friedrich Emanuel (1692–1693)
- Christiane Henriette (1693–1695)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (* / † 1695)
- Christiane (1698–1698)
- Christian August (1699–1700)
- Sophie Magdalene (1700–1770)
- ⚭ 1721 King Christian VI. of Denmark and Norway (1699–1746)
- Christine Wilhelmine (1702–1704)
- Friedrich Ernst (1703–1762), governor of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein
- ⚭ 1731 Princess Christine Sophie of Braunschweig-Bevern (1717–1779)
- Marie Eleonore (1704–1705)
- Sophie Karoline (1707–1764)
- ⚭ 1723 Prince Georg Albrecht of East Friesland (1690–1734)
- Friedrich Christian (1708–1769), Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- ⚭ 1732 (closed 1764) Princess Viktoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg (1715–1792)
literature
- Paul Schaudig: Pietism and Separatism in the Aischgrund. 1925, p. 83.
- Horst Weigelt: History of Pietism in Bavaria , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001, p. 226
Individual evidence
- ^ Archives for the history of Upper Franconia. Volume 6, Issue 2, 1855, p. 27 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Barbara Becker-Cantarino: Daphnis: Journal for Middle German Literature and Culture of the Early Modern Age , Volume 31, Rodopi, 2004, p. 598
- ↑ August Tholuck: History of Rationalism , Wiegandt and Grieben, 1865, p. 70
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sophie Christiane von Wolfstein |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sophia Christiana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Countess von Wolfstein and by marriage Margravine von Brandenburg-Kulmbach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1667 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sulzbuerg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1737 |
| Place of death | Fredensborg Castle |