Eleonore Sophie | |
Succession: | Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg |
Reign: | 17 April 1630 – 22 September 1656 |
Spouse: | Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg |
Issue: | Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Anna Elisabeth of Anhalt-Bernburg |
House: | Oldenburg (by birth) Ascania (by marriage) |
Father: | John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg |
Mother: | Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1603 |
Birth Place: | Sønderborg, Duchy of Schleswig |
Death Place: | Ballenstedt, Anhalt Holy Roman Empire |
Eleonore Sophie, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Princess Eleonore Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg; 14 February 1603 - 5 January 1675) was a member of the Danish royal family and the consort of Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
Eleonore was born in Sønderborg on 14 February 1603 to John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, the third son of Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, the daughter of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt.[1]
On 28 February 1625 Eleonore married Prince Christian of Anhalt-Bernburg in Ahrensbök.[2] They had fifteen children:
In 1630 her husband succeeded his father, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, as the Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. After her husband's death in 1656, their son Victor Amadeus became Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
She died in Ballenstedt on 5 January 1675. She was buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St. Aegidien.[3]