Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt explained

Louis Frederick II
Succession:Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Reign:13 April 1793 – 28 April 1807
Predecessor:Frederick Charles
Successor:Friedrich Günther
Spouse:Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
House:House of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Father:Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Mother:Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Issue:Cäcilie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Caroline of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Bernhard of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Rudolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Birth Date:9 August 1767
Birth Place:Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Death Place:Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Rudolstadt, 9 August 1767  - Rudolstadt, 28 April 1807) was from 1793 to 1807 reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Life

Louis Frederick was born on 9 August 1767 in Rudolstadt and was the second child and first son of the then Hereditary Prince Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his first wife Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. At that time his grandfather Louis Günther II was ruling over the principality. In 1789 Louis Frederick and his brother Karl Günther went to Geneva and other destinations for their education. During this journey they learned about the events of the French Revolution.

On July 21, 1791 in Homburg he married Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.

Issue

From the marriage of the Prince with Caroline were born the following children:

∞ 1. 1816 Princess Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (1793–1854),

∞ 2. 1855 Princess Helena von Anhalt-Dessau (1835–1860),

∞ 3. 1861 Lydia Maria Schultze (1840–1909),

∞ 1817 Otto Victor, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1785–1859),

∞ 1827 Princess Auguste Luise of Solms-Braunfels (1804–1865),

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