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Princess Sophia Wilhelmina
Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Tenure8 February 1720 - 4 December 1727
Born(1693-08-09)9 August 1693
Saalfeld
Died4 December 1727(1727-12-04) (aged 34)
Rudolstadt
SpouseFrederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
IssueJohn Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
HouseWettin
FatherJohn Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
MotherCharlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (9 August 1693, in Saalfeld – 4 December 1727, in Rudolstadt) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth, and Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt by marriage.

Life

Sophia Wilhelmina was the eldest daughter of John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658–1729), from his second marriage to Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (1644–1699), daughter of Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen. The bond between the two families was further strengthened three years later, when her brother, Francis Josias, married her husband's sister, Anna Sophia. The close bond with the very pious court at Rudolstadt also meant that pietism gained a foothold in Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Sophia Wilhelmina's half-brother, Christian Ernest II, supported this development.

Marriage and issue

On 8 February 1720 in Saalfeld, Sophie Wilhelmine married Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. The couple had the following children:

References

  1. Hans-Walter Erbe: Zinzendorf und der fromme hohe Adel seiner Zeit, M. Heinsius, 1928, p. 50
  • Ermentrude von Ranke: Das Fürstentum Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts, 1915, p. 16

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Princesses of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
The generations are numbered from the union of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Saalfeld in 1699
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* princess of Saxe-Saalfeld until 1699
** became princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1826
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