Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst explained

Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst
Consort:yes
Succession:Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar
Reign:1685–1694
House:House of Ascania
Father:John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Mother:Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp
Spouse:Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Issue:Prince Johann Wilhelm, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Ernst August I
Princess Eleonore Christiane
Princess Johanna Auguste
Princess Johanna Charlotte
Birth Place:Zerbst
Death Place:Weimar

Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst (9 March 1663 – 14 September 1694), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Ascania and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.

Born in Zerbst, she was the eleventh of fourteen children born from the marriage of John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp. Of her thirteen older and younger siblings, only four survived to adulthood: Karl William, Anthony Günther, John Adolph and John Louis.[1] [2]

Life

In Zerbst on 11 October 1685, Sophie Auguste married Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. They had five children, of whom only two survived to adulthood:

  1. John William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 4 June 1686 - Weimar, 14 October 1686).
  2. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 19 April 1688 – Eisenach, 19 January 1748), later inherited Eisenach and Jena.
  3. Eleonore Christiane (Weimar, 15 April 1689 – Weimar, 7 February 1690).
  4. Johanna Auguste (Weimar, 6 July 1690 – Weimar, 24 August 1691).
  5. Johanna Charlotte (Weimar, 23 November 1693 – Weimar, 2 March 1751).

Sophie Auguste died in Weimar, aged 31. She was buried in the Fürstengruft, Weimar.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/l1/LANG=engl/INDEX=I233701 Johann Fürst v.Anhalt-Zerbst in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan
  2. Web site: Marek . Miroslav . Genealogy of the House of Wettin . genealogy.euweb.cz . 5 October 2014.
  3. http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/anhalt/anhaltzerbst.htm Anhalt-Zerbst line in: Royaltyguide.nl