Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (6 August 1644 – 20 May 1712) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and riling Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

First marriage
In Dresden on 29 October 1662, Christian Ernst was married to Erdmuthe Sophie of Saxony, only surviving daughter of his paternal aunt, Magdalene Sibylle, and John George II, Elector of Saxony. They had no issue.

Second marriage
Eight months after the death of his first wife, Christian Ernst was married a second time in Stuttgart on 8 February 1671 to Duchess Sofie Louise of Württemberg, his maternal second cousin, the eldest daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg. His second marriage lasted 31 years. They had issue.

Issue

 * 1) Princess Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (29 December 1671 – 5 September 1727) married Frederick August of Saxony, later Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
 * 2) Eleonore Magdalene (24 January 1673 – Ettlingen, 13 December 1711); married Prince Herman Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Hechingen.
 * 3) Princess Claudia Eleonore Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (4 July 1675 – 11 February 1676)
 * 4) Princess Charlotte Emilie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (4 June 1677 – 15 February 1678)
 * 5) Georg Wilhelm (26 November 1678 – 18 December 1726), succeeded as father as Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
 * 6) Prince Karl Ludwig of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (21 November 1679 – 7 April 1680)