Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | |||||
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Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar | |||||
Tenure | 1734–1747 | ||||
Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach | |||||
Tenure | 1741–1747 | ||||
Born | Weferlingen | 27 July 1713||||
Died | 2 March 1747 Ilmenau | (aged 33)||||
Spouse | Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||||
Issue | Karl August Eugen, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Eleonore Christiane Princess Johanna Auguste Ernestine, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen Prince Ernst Adolf | ||||
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House | House of Hohenzollern | ||||
Father | George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | ||||
Mother | Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Sophie Charlotte Albertine; 27 July 1713 – 2 March 1747), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach.
Born in Weferlingen, she was the fourth of five children born from the marriage of George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. [1][ better source needed] In 1716 her mother was convicted of adultery and imprisoned; she probably never saw her again.
In Bayreuth on 7 April 1734, Sophie Charlotte married Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar as his second wife. They had four children:
On 26 July 1741 she also became the Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach after her husband inherited that land.
Sophie Charlotte died in Ilmenau aged 33. She was buried there. [2]