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Princess Wilhelmina Of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Princess Wilhelmina of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (22 January 1751 – 17 July 1780) was the consort of Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken and was a daughter of John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Early life Wilhelmina was born on January 22, 1751 in Rudolstadt. She was the third child and third daughter in the family of Prince Johann Friedrich of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife Princess Bernardina Christina Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She had two older sisters, Frederika Sophia Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt and Sophia Ernestina. The family lived in the Heidecksburg, Heidecksburg Palace. She lost her mother at the age of 6. Her father never married again. Personal life At the age of 15, Wilhelmina was given to the 21-year-old Crown Prince Ludwig of Nassau-Saarbrücken in marriage. The wedding took place on October 30, 1766 in Schwarzburg Castle. She was unhappy in her marriage and Wihelmina retreated to Halberg Castle, where she raised their son: * Henry Louis, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Nassau Consorts
The following is a list of the consorts of Nassau princes from 1255 to 1797. The Walram Line Countess of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, and Weilburg (1255–1344) Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1344–1728) Countess and Princess of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1429–1797) Countess of Nassau-Ottweiler (1640–1728) Princess of Nassau-Usingen (1659–1816) Nassau-Weilburg (1344–1816) Countess of Nassau-Weilburg (1344–1688) Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (1688–1816) Duchess consort of Nassau (1816–1866) The Ottonian Line Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg Countess of Nassau-Beilstein Countess and Princess of Nassau-Hadamar Countess of Nassau-Siegen Countess and Princess of Nassau-Siegen (Catholic Branch) Countess and Princess of Nassau-Siegen (Protestant Branch) Countess and Princess of Nassau-Dietz Orange-Nassau Notes [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Sophia Wilhelmina Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (9 August 1693, in Saalfeld – 4 December 1727, in Rudolstadt) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth, and Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt by marriage. Life Sophia Wilhelmina was the eldest daughter of John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658–1729), from his second marriage to Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (1644–1699), daughter of Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen. The bond between the two families was further strengthened three years later, when her brother, Francis Josias, married her husband's sister, Anna Sophia. The close bond with the very pious court at Rudolstadt also meant that pietism gained a foothold in Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.Hans-Walter Erbe: ''Zinzendorf und der fromme hohe Adel seiner Zeit'', M. Heinsius, 1928, p. 50 Sophia Wilhelmina's half-brother, Christian Ernest II, supported this development. Marriage and issue On 8 February 1720 in Saalfeld, Sophie Wilhelmine m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1780 Deaths
Events January–March * January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780), Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet. * February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow its delegates to cede a portion of its western territory to the Continental Congress for the common benefit of the war. * March 1 – The legislature of Pennsylvania votes, 34 to 21, to approve An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery. * March 11 ** The First League of Armed Neutrality is formed by Russian Empire, Russia with Denmark and Sweden to try to prevent the British Royal Navy from searching neutral vessels for contraband (February 28 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.). ** General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Lafayette embarks on at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort, arriving in Boston on April 28, carrying the news that he has s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1751 Births
In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January–March * January 1 – As the Province of Georgia undergoes the transition from a trustee-operated territory to a Crown colony, the prohibition against slavery is lifted by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America. At the time, the Black population of Georgia is approximately 400 people, who had been kept in slavery in violation of the law. By 1790, the enslaved population of Georgia increases to over 29,000 and to 462,000 by 1860. * January 7 – The University of Pennsylvania, conceived 12 years earlier by Benjamin Franklin and its other trustees to provide non-denominational higher education "to train young people for leadership in business, government and public service". rather than for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Nassau
The House of Nassau is the name of a European aristocratic dynasty. The name originated with a lordship associated with Nassau Castle, which is located in what is now Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With the fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in the first half of the 13th century, royal power within Franconia evaporated and the former stem duchy fragmented into separate independent states. Nassau emerged as one of those independent states as part of the Holy Roman Empire. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Counts of Nassau", subject only to the Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor, and then elevated to princely rank as "Princely Counts". Early on, the family divided into two main branches – the elder (Walramian) branch, which gave rise to the German king Adolf, King of the Romans, Adolf, and the younger (Ottonian) branch, which gave rise to the Prince of Orange, Princes of Orange and the King of the Netherlands, monarchs of the Netherlands. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Agnes Of Rath
Gisela Agnes of Rath (9 October 1669, in Kleinwülknitz, now part of Köthen – 12 March 1740, in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Nienburg) was Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen by marriage from 1698. In 1694, she was created Countess of Nienburg. From 1704 to 1715, she was regent of Anhalt-Köthen for her underage son. Life Gisela Agnes was a member of an ancient aristocratic Lutheran family. Her parents were Balthasar William of :File:Rath_-_Tyroff_AT.jpg, Rath-Kleinwülknitz (1629-1695) and Magdalene Dorothea of :de:Wuthenau (Adelsgeschlecht), Wuthenau (1640-1694). Her paternal grandfather was Wilhelm von Rath, who commanded the army of Prince Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Louis I of Anhalf-Köthen during the Thirty Years' War. The heir to the throne, the young Prince Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Köthen fell in love with her. His mother, Princess Eleonore, tried to end this relationship, because Gisela Agnes was considered lower nobilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince Of Anhalt-Köthen
Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Köthen (20May 167130May 1704) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen. He was the only child of Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, by his wife Anna Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Anna Eleonore, daughter of Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg. Life Emmanuel Lebrecht was born six months after the death of his father on 8 November 1670 and was declared ruler of Anhalt-Köthen under the regency of his mother immediately at birth. The Dowager Princess Anna Eleonore ruled over Köthen for almost twenty years, until her death in 1690, and then John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, succeeded her in the regency for the next two years, until January 1692, when Emmanuel Lebrecht was formally proclaimed an adult and took over the government of his lands. When Emmanuel Lebrecht was still a young prince, he fell in love with Gisela Agnes of Rath (b. Klein-Wülknitz near Köthen, 9 October 1669 - d. Nienburg, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Sophie Auguste Of Anhalt-Zerbst
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. 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: # John William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 4 June 1686 - Weimar, 14 October 1686). # Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 19 April 1688 – Eisenach, 19 January 1748), later inherited Eisenach and Jena. # Eleonore Christiane (Weimar, 15 April 1689 – Weimar, 7 February 1690). # Johanna Auguste (Weimar, 6 July 1690 – Weimar, 24 August 1691). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Ernst III, Duke Of Saxe-Weimar
Johann Ernst III (22 June 1664 in Weimar – 10 May 1707 in Weimar), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. Life He was the second son of Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. After the death of his father in 1683, he inherited the duchy of Saxe-Weimar with his older brother Wilhelm Ernst as co-ruler (''Mitherr''). Johann Ernst was an alcoholic; this, and his non-interest in the government, was taken advantage of by his brother, who became the sole autocratic ruler of the duchy. Johann Ernst served until his death as co-duke, without any significant influence on the government. Johann Sebastian Bach and Weimar In the first half of 1703, Johann Sebastian Bach served as a court musician at Weimar. He was still in his teens and developing a reputation as an organist. Little is known of his precise role (he may have been taken on as a violinist rather than a keyboardist), but as a mere musician, he most likely was considered a serva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Charlotte Johanna Of Waldeck-Wildungen
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: # William Frederick (16 August 1691 in Arolsen – 28 July 1720 in Saalfeld) # Charles Ernest (12 September 1692 in Saalfeld – 30 December 1720 in Cremona) # Sophia Wilhelmina (9 August 1693 in Saalefld – 4 December 1727 in Rudolstadt), married on 8 February 1720 to Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt # Henriette Albertine (8 July 1694 in Saalfeld – 1 April 1695 in Saalfeld) # Louise Emilie (24 August 1695 in Saalfeld – 21 August 1713 in Coburg) # Charlotte (30 October 1696 in Saalfeld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ernest IV, Duke Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
John Ernest IV (; 22 August 1658–17 February 1729) was a reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Life He was the tenth but seventh surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. After the death of his father in 1675, Johann Ernest initially governed the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, jointly with his six older brothers, as set out in their father's will. However, in 1680, the brothers concluded a treaty dividing the paternal lands and Johann Ernest became duke of Saxe-Saalfeld, with the towns of Gräfenthal, Probstzella and Pössneck. As he was the youngest, he kept the smallest portion of the lands. Johann Ernest and his brother Ernest soon found themselves financially overstretched as a result of the partition (the income of their eldest brother, Frederick, far exceeded the income of Johann Ernest), and they both made a protest. Over the following years, the controversy continued and increased, as their older brothers Albert of Saxe-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 December 1670 – 28 December 1728) was a princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duchess in Saxony by birth, and by marriage a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.L. Renovanz: ''Chronik der fürstl. Schwarzburgischen Residenzstadt Rudolstadt'', Rudolstadt 1860, p. 39f.online version Ancestry Born on 22 December 1670, she was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646–1691) and Magdalena Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648–1680). Her father was a fourth-generation descendant of John Frederick, Elector of Saxony in direct male line. He was also a fourth-generation descendant of his wife Sybille of Cleves who was the daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, and older sister of both Anne of Cleves and Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. The Elector was the father of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530–1573). He married Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, daughter of Frederick III, Elector Palatine. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
