Sophie of Württemberg, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar

Sophie of Württemberg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar
Tenure	1583-1590
Born	20 November 1563 Stuttgart
Died	21 July 1590(1590-07-21) (aged 26) Vacha
Spouse	Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar ​ ​ (m. 1583)​
Issue	Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg Princess Anna Marie
House	House of Württemberg
Father	Christoph, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sophie of Württemberg (20 November 1563 – 21 July 1590), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Württemberg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.

Born in Stuttgart, she was the youngest of twelve children born from the marriage of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg and Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach. From her eleven older siblings, nine survive adulthood: Eberhard, Hereditary Prince of Württemberg, Hedwig (by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Marburg), Elisabeth (by her two marriages Countess of Henneberg-Schleusingen and Countess Palatine of Veldenz-Lauterecken), Sabine (by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel), Emilie (by marriage Countess Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim), Eleonore (by her two marriages Princess of Anhalt and Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt), Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Dorothea Maria (by marriage Countess Palatine of Sulzbach) and Anna (by her two marriages Duchess of Oława and Legnica).

Life

In Weimar on 5 May 1583 Sophie married Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. They had six children, of whom only two survive adulthood:

1. Dorothea Marie (Weimar, 8 May 1584 – Weimar, 9 September 1586).
2. John William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 30 June 1585 – Weimar, 23 January 1587).
3. Frederick (Weimar, 26 September 1586 – Weimar, 19 January 1587).
4. Dorothea Sophia (Weimar, 19 December 1587 – Weimar, 10 February 1645), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1618).
5. Anna Marie (Weimar, 31 March 1589 – Dresden, 15 December 1626).
6. stillborn son (Vacha, 21 July 1590).

Sophie died in Vacha aged 26, following complications of her last childbirth. She was buried in the Stadtkirche St. Peter und Paul, Weimar.

References

Sophie of Württemberg, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar House of Württemberg Born: 20 November 1563 Died: 21 July 1590
German royalty
Vacant Title last held by Dorothea Susanne of the Palatinate	Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar 1583–1590	Vacant Title next held by Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg