Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen explained

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen
Succession:	Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Reign:	2 December 1690 – 1 February 1699
Consort:	yes
House:	Waldeck
Father:	Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
Mother:	Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen
Spouse:	John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Issue:	Sophia Wilhelmina, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Birth Date:	13 December 1664
Birth Place:	Arolsen
Death Place:	Hildburghausen

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (13 December 1664 in Arolsen  - 1 February 1699 in Hildburghausen) was a daughter of Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife, Wilhelmine Christine, a daughter of William of Nassau-Siegen.

Marriage and issue

She married on 2 December 1690 in Maastricht to John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg. She was his second wife. She had eight children:

1. William Frederick (16 August 1691 in Arolsen  - 28 July 1720 in Saalfeld)
2. Charles Ernest (12 September 1692 in Saalfeld  - 30 December 1720 in Cremona)
3. Sophia Wilhelmina (9 August 1693 in Saalefld  - 4 December 1727 in Rudolstadt), married on 8 February 1720 to Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
4. Henriette Albertine (8 July 1694 in Saalfeld  - 1 April 1695 in Saalfeld)
5. Louise Emilie (24 August 1695 in Saalfeld  - 21 August 1713 in Coburg)
6. Charlotte (30 October 1696 in Saalfeld  - 2 November 1696 in Saalfeld)
7. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (25 September 1697 in Saalefeld  - 16 September 1764 in Rodach)
8. Henriette Albertine (20 November 1698 in Saalfeld  - 5 February 1728 in Coburg)

She died in 1699 at the home of her brother-in-law Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.^[1]

References

1. Web site: William III: May 1699 Pages 152-211 Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III, 1699-1700 . British History Online . HMSO 1937 . 30 December 2022.