Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1673–1726) explained

Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
Consort:yes
Succession:Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach
Reign:28 July 1708 – 28 November 1726
House:House of Wettin
Father:Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Mother:Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg
Spouse:John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Issue:Christiane Wilhelmine, Princess of Nassau-Usingen
Birth Date:3 September 1673
Birth Place:Halle
Death Place:Eisenach

Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels (3 September 1673 – 28 November 1726), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin (Albertine line) and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach.

Born in Halle, she was the oldest daughter and first child of Duke Johann Adolf I of Saxe-Weissenfels and his wife Johanna Magdalena, the daughter of Duke Frederick William II of Saxe-Altenburg. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia.

Life

In Weissenfels on 28 July 1708, Magdalene Sibylle married John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach as his third wife. They had three children, of whom only one survived to adulthood:

  1. Johanna Magdalene Sophie (Eisenach, 19 August 1710 - Eisenach, 26 February 1711).
  2. Christiane Wilhelmine (Altenkirchen, 3 September 1711 - Idstein, 27 November 1740), married on 26 November 1734 to Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen.
  3. John William (Marksuhl, 28 January 1713 - Eisenach, 8 May 1713).

She died in Eisenach aged 53 and was buried in the Georgenkirche, Eisenach.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/wettin/saxeweimareisenach1.htm Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach line in: Royaltyguide.nl