Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Princess Christine Elisabeth
Princess Christine Elisabeth
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar
Tenure	1662–1679
Born	23 June 1638; Sonderburg
Died	7 June 1679 (aged 40); Weimar
Spouse	John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Issue	Anna Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg; Wilhelmine Christine, Countess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; Eleonore Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt; William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar; John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
House	Oldenburg
Father	John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Mother	Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst

Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (23 June 1638 – 7 June 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.

Born in Sonderburg, she was the second of the four children born from the marriage of John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Countess Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst. From her three older and younger siblings, two survive adulthood: Dorothea Auguste (by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt) and Christian Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.^[1]^{[better source needed]}^[2]

Life

In Weimar on 14 August 1656, Christine Elisabeth married John Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar. They had five children:

Anna Dorothea (Weimar, 12 November 1657 – Quedlinburg, 23 June 1704), Abbess of Quedlinburg (1685).
Wilhelmine Christine (Weimar, 26 January 1658 – Sondershausen, 30 June 1712), married on 25 September 1684 to Christian William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
Eleonore Sophie (Weimar, 22 March 1660 – Lauchstädt, 4 February 1687), married on 9 July 1684 to Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt.
William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 19 October 1662 – Weimar, 26 August 1728).
John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Weimar, 22 June 1664 – Weimar, 10 May 1707).

After the death of her father-in-law (1662), she became Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.

She died in Weimar aged 40. She was buried in the Fürstengruft, Weimar.^[3]

References

^ Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Oldenburg". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.^{[self-published source]}
^ Johann Christian Herzog v.Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 4 October 2014].
^ Oldenburg line in: Royaltyguide.nl Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 4 October 2014].

German royalty
Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg House of Oldenburg Born: 23 June 1638 Died: 7 June 1679
Preceded by Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau	Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar 1662–1679	Vacant Title next held by Charlotte Marie of Saxe-Jena

[1] Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the House of Oldenburg". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.^{[self-published source]}

[2] Johann Christian Herzog v.Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 4 October 2014].

[3] Oldenburg line in: Royaltyguide.nl Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 4 October 2014].

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