Princess Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen (7 May 1696 in Köthen – 30 August 1726 in Weimar) was a princess of Anhalt-Köthen by births and by marriage successively Princess of Saxe-Merseburg and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.

First marriage
Princess Eleonore Wilhelmine married first on 15 In February 1714 in Köthen to Prince Friedrich Erdmann of Saxe-Merseburg (1691-1714), son of Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg.

Second marriage
On 24 January 1716 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Eleonore Wilhelmine married for the second time, to Duke Ernst August I of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach (1688-1748). Eleonore Wilhelmine's brother met Johann Sebastian Bach during the wedding festivities, an later invited Bach to become Kapellmeister at the princely court in Köthen. Eleonore Wilhelmine later became the godmother of Bach's son Leopold August.

Issue

 * 1) Wilhelm Ernst, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (4 July 1717 – 8 June 1719)
 * 2) Princess Wilhelmine Auguste (4 July 1717 – 9 December 1752), twin of Wilhelm Ernst
 * 3) Johann Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar (10 January 1719 – 6 December 1732)
 * 4) Princess Charlotte Agnes Leopoldina (4 December 1720 – 15 October 1724)
 * 5) Princess Johanna Eleonore Henriette (2 December 1721 – 17 June 1722).
 * 6) Princess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar (28 December 1722 – 25 November 1769), married Philipp II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.
 * 7) Bernhardine (5 May 1724 –   5 June 1757) married John Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
 * 8) Prince Emmanuel Friedrich Wilhelm Bernard (19 December 1725 – 11 June 1729)