Sophie Christiane Luise of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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Sophie Christiane Luise von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (born January 4, 1710 in Weferlingen , † June 13, 1739 in Brussels ) was a princess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and by marriage princess of Thurn and Taxis .

Life

Sophie Christiane Luise was the eldest child of Margrave Georg Friedrich Karl von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688–1735) from his marriage to Dorothea (1685–1761), daughter of Duke Friedrich Ludwig von Holstein-Beck .

On April 11, 1731, she married Prince Alexander Ferdinand von Thurn und Taxis (1704–1773) in Frankfurt am Main, displaying great splendor . Two months after the marriage, Sophie's brother Friedrich became engaged to Wilhelmine , a sister of Frederick the Great .

The Catholic prince assured his Protestant wife of her denomination in the marriage contract, but forced her to convert two years after the marriage on March 17, 1733 in Mainz.

The princess died in Brussels and was buried in the family vault there.

progeny

From her marriage, Sophie Christiane Luise had the following children:

  • Sophie Christine (* / † 1731)
  • Karl Anselm (1733–1805), Prince of Thurn and Taxis
⚭ 1. 1753 Auguste von Württemberg (1734–1787)
⚭ 2. 1787 Elisabeth Hildebrand, "Frau von Train" 1788
  • Luise Auguste Charlotte (1734–1735)
  • Friedrich August (1736–1755)
  • Ludwig Franz (1737–1738)

literature

  • Historical Association for Upper Franconia in Bayreuth: Archive for the History of Upper Franconia , Volume 5-6, 1851, p. 53 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://unterhaltung.freepage.de/cgi-bin/feets/freepage_ext/41030x030A/rewrite/ehmann/buergernetz/wilhelmine/zeit/chrono.htm
  2. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp von Ammon: Gallery of the most memorable people, which in the XVI., XVII. and XVIII. Centuries of converting from the Protestant to the Catholic Church , JJ Palm and E. Enke, 1833, p. 306
  3. ↑ Volker Reinhardt: German families: historical portraits from Bismarck to Weizsäcker , CH Beck, 2005, p. 200
personal data
SURNAME Sophie Christiane Luise of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Thurn and Taxis
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Weferlingen
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1739
Place of death Brussels