Princess Bernhardine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Princess Bernhardine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Bernardine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, painting in the Heidecksburg by Johann Ernst Heinsius
Born (1724-05-05)5 May 1724
Weimar
Died 5 June 1757(1757-06-05) (aged 33)
Rudolstadt
Spouse John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Full name
Bernhardine Christiane Sophie
Father Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Mother Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

Princess Bernhardine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Bernhardine Christiane Sophie; 5 May 1724 – 5 June 1757), was a Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by birth and Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt by marriage.

Background[edit]

She was a daughter of Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688-1748) from his first marriage with Eleonore Wilhelmine (1696-1726), the daughter of Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

Marriage[edit]

She married on 19 November 1744 in Eisenach to John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767).



Issue[edit]

  1. Princess Frederike of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1745–1778) married Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1736-1793)
  2. A daughter (1746-1746)
  3. A son (1747-1747)
  4. Princess Sophie Ernestine of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1749–1754)
  5. Princess Wilhelmine of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1751–1780) married Ludwig, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1745-1794)
  6. Princess Henriette Charlotte of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1752–1756)