| Princess Christine Elisabeth | |
|---|---|
| Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar | |
| Tenure | 1662–1679 |
| Born | 23 June 1638 Sonderburg |
| Died | 7 June 1679 (aged 40) Weimar |
| Spouse | John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
| Issue | Anna Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg Wilhelmine Christine, Countess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Eleonore Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
| House | Oldenburg |
| Father | John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg |
| Mother | Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst |
Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (23 June 1638 – 7 June 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
Born in Sonderburg, she was the second of the four children born from the marriage of John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Countess Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst. From her three older and younger siblings, two survive adulthood: Dorothea Auguste (by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt) and Christian Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.[1][2]
Life
In Weimar on 14 August 1656, Christine Elisabeth married John Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar. They had five children:
- Anna Dorothea (Weimar, 12 November 1657 – Quedlinburg, 23 June 1704), Abbess of Quedlinburg (1685).
- Wilhelmine Christine (Weimar, 26 January 1658 – Sondershausen, 30 June 1712), married on 25 September 1684 to Christian William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
- Eleonore Sophie (Weimar, 22 March 1660 – Lauchstädt, 4 February 1687), married on 9 July 1684 to Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt.
- William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 19 October 1662 – Weimar, 26 August 1728).
- John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 22 June 1664 – Weimar, 10 May 1707).
After the death of her father-in-law (1662), she became Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
She died in Weimar aged 40. She was buried in the Fürstengruft, Weimar.[3]
References
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Oldenburg". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Johann Christian Herzog v.Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 4 October 2014].
- ↑ Oldenburg line in: Royaltyguide.nl Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 4 October 2014].