Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (23 October 1663, Ansbach

Ansbach

Ansbach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is situated southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the Main river. As of 2004, its population was 40,723.Ansbach...

 – 4 March 1724, Ansbach) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and through her marriage duchess of Württemberg-Winnental

Württemberg-Winnental

Württemberg-Winnental was a branch of the House of Württemberg. It only existed from 1677 to 1733 and was based at the Schloss Winnental in Winnenden....

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Life

Eleonore Juliane was a daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a German nobleman, who was margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death.-Life:...

 (1620–1667) and his second wife Sophie Margarete (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen. On 31 October 1682, in Ansbach

Ansbach

Ansbach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is situated southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the Main river. As of 2004, its population was 40,723.Ansbach...

, she married Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental, with a commemorative coin struck for the wedding At the wedding Eleonore's brother John Frederick met the composer Johann Sigismund Kusser, who later worked at Ansbach.

After her husband's death, Eleonore moved to Ansbach in 1710 to support her youngest daughter. Eleonore came into personal contact with August Hermann Francke

August Hermann Francke

August Hermann Francke was a German Lutheran churchman.-Biography:Born at the German city Lübeck, Francke was educated at the gymnasium in Gotha before he studied at the universities of Erfurt and Kiel - where he came under the influence of the pietist Christian Kortholt - and finally Leipzig...

 during this time and also wrote songs. Philipp Friedrich von Geismar acted as her advisor and steward. Eleonore is buried in the Stiftskirche

Stiftskirche (Stuttgart)

The Stiftskirche Stuttgart is an inner-city church in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the main church of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg as well as the parish church of the evangelical inner-city church district of Stuttgart.-History and...

 in Stuttgart.

Children

• Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (1684–1737)

∞ 1727 Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Maria Augusta Anna of Thurn and Taxis was a Regent of Württemberg. She was a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis as a daughter of Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska, Princess of Lobkowicz...

 (1706–1756)

• Dorothea Charlotte (1685–1687)
• Frederick Charles (1686–1693)
• Henry Frederick
  Henry Frederick of Württemberg-Winnental
  Henry Frederick of Württemberg-Winnental was a German general. He was the son of Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental and Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach....
  
   (1687–1734)
• Maximilian Emanuel
  Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental
  Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental , son of Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental and Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was a volunteer in the army of Charles XII of Sweden and a devoted friend to the king.In 1703, At age 14 he joined Charles XII's Polish campaign before the...
  
   (1689–1709)
• Frederick Louis
  Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental
  Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental was a German army commander of the eighteenth century....
  
   (1690–1734)

∞ 1722 Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum

Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum

Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum Lubomirska , later Princess of Teschen, was a Polish-German noblewoman and mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony.-Early life:...

 (1680–1743)

• Christiane Charlotte
  Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental
  Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental was a German princess of the Württemberg-Winnental line...
  
   (1694–1729)

∞ 1709 William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach , was Margrave of the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1703 until his death, 1723...

(1685–1723)