Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg

Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar
Tenure	1694–1707
Born	(1672-06-17)17 June 1672 Kassel
Died	29 August 1738(1738-08-29) (aged 66) Weimar
Spouse	Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar ​ ​ (m. 1694; died 1707)​
Issue	Prince Karl Frederick Prince Johann Ernst Princess Marie Luise Princess Christiane Sophie
Names Charlotte Dorothea Sophia
House	House of Hesse
Father	Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother	Louise Elisabeth of Courland

Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg (Charlotte Dorothea Sophia; 17 June 1672 – 29 August 1738) was a Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage to Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

Life

Born in Kassel, she was the eldest of twelve children born from the second marriage of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg with Louise Elisabeth Kettler, Princess of Courland and Semigallia.

In Kassel on 4 November 1694 Charlotte married Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar as his second wife.

After her husband's death in 1707, she received as a Wittum (Dower land) the town of Hardisleben. Her main residence was the Yellow Castle (German: Gelbe Schloss) in Weimar, which was built during 1702-1704.

The guardianship of her only surviving child, Johann Ernest, was given to her brother-in-law William Ernest; however, Charlotte devotedly took care of her son during his illness and death aged 18, in 1715.

Charlotte died in Weimar aged 66. She was buried in the Fürstengruft, Weimar.^[citation needed]

Issue

She had four children:[1][2]^[better source needed]

1. Charles Frederick (Weimar, 31 October 1695 – Weimar, 30 March 1696).
2. Johann Ernest (Weimar, 25 December 1696 – Frankfurt, 1 August 1715).
3. Marie Louise (Weimar, 18 December 1697 – Weimar, 29 December 1704).
4. Christiane Sophie (Weimar, 7 April 1700 – Weimar, 18 February 1701).

Notes

1. Charlotte Dorothea Sophia Landgraefin v.Hessen-Homburg in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 5 October 2014].
2. Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Wettin". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 5 October 2014.^[self-published source]

References

• Karl Helmrich: Geschichte des Grossherzogthums Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach für Schule und Haus, p. 106. [retrieved 5 October 2014].
• Johann Samuel Ersch: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer..., p. 260. [retrieved 5 October 2014].

Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg House of Hesse Born: 17 June 1672 Died: 29 August 1738
German royalty
Vacant Title last held by Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst	Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar 1694-1707	Vacant Title next held by Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen