Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst ( German: Magdalena Augusta von Anhalt-Zerbst ; October 23, 1679 , Zerbst - October 11, 1740 , Altenburg ) - Princess Anhalt-Zerbst of the Ascanian dynasty, married Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg .
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| Successor | Louise Dorothea Saxe-Meiningen | |||
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Biography
Magdalena Augusta is the daughter of Prince Karl Wilhelm of Anhalt-Zerbst and his wife Sofia Saxe-Weissenfelskaya , daughter of Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels .
June 17, 1696 in Gotha Magdalena Augusta married the Duke of Frederick II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , who ruled since 1691. Letters written by the duchess to her husband and stored in the Gothic Library testify to a happy marriage. Magdalena Augusta refused to teach the youngest daughter English, who was planned to marry the heir to the British throne , explaining that “this is completely unnecessary, since the Hanover family has been on the English throne for more than twenty years, and the people in England and especially at court have already I must speak German as often and well as English . ”
Descendants
- Sofia (1697-1703)
- Frederick III (1699-1772), Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, married to Princess Louise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen (1710-1767)
- Wilhelm (1701-1771), married to Princess Anna Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1709-1758)
- Karl Friedrich (1702-1703)
- Johann Augustus (1704-1767), married to Countess Louise Reiss-Schleitz (1726-1773)
- Christian (1705)
- Christian Wilhelm (1706–1748), married to Countess Louise Reiss-Schleitz (1726–1773)
- Ludwig Ernst (1707-1763)
- Emanuel (1709-1710)
- Moritz (1711-1777), ruler of Saxe-Eisenach
- Sofia (1712)
- Karl (1714-1715)
- Frederick (1715-1775), married to the Duke Johann Adolf II of Saxe-Weissenfelsky (1685-1746)
- Magdalena Sibylla (1718)
- Augustus (1719-1772), married to Prince of Wales Frederick (1707-1751)
- Johann Adolf (1721-1799)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 120826062 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ The Peerage - 717826 copies.
Literature
- Carl Eduard Vehse: Geschichte der deutschen Höfe seit der Reformation , Band 30, Hoffmann und Campe, 1854, S. 27 f.
- David Voit: Das Herzogthum Sachsen-Meiningen , Storch & Klett, 1844, S. 92