Marie Sophie of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (7 May 1661, Darmstadt
– 22 August 1712, Gotha
) was the only Duchess by marriage of Saxe-Eisenberg
.
(1630–1678) from his marriage to Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
(1634–1665), a daughter of Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp
.
On 9 February 1681 in Darmstadt, she married Duke Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg
. At the time, he was a widower and father of a daughter. He had become the first Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg when Saxe-Gotha
had been divided by Christian and his six brothers the year before. They had no children and Christian died without leaving a heir. A dispute erupted among the remaining brothers and their descendants about he inheritance of Saxe-Eisenberg.
The Duchess was described as a very hard-working housewife, with a particular fondness for spinning. Disguised as an ordinary woman, she supplied local merchants with wool and yarn.
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
– 22 August 1712, Gotha
Gotha
-Places:* Gotha , a town in Thuringia, Germany* Gotha , in Thuringia, Germany* Gotha, Ethiopia* Gotha, Florida, a town in the United States* Saxe-Gotha, a former Thuringian duchy* Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, a former Thuringian duchy...
) was the only Duchess by marriage of Saxe-Eisenberg
Saxe-Eisenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Eisenberg was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1680 for Christian, fifth son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, the Duchy consisted Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg, Roda and Camburg...
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Life
Sophie Marie was a daughter of Count Louis VI of Hesse-DarmstadtLouis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678.He was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.- Marriage and children :...
(1630–1678) from his marriage to Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp , was by marriage landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt- Life :...
(1634–1665), a daughter of Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp
Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark....
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On 9 February 1681 in Darmstadt, she married Duke Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg.He was the eighth but fifth surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg....
. At the time, he was a widower and father of a daughter. He had become the first Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg when Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Gotha was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine of the Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia. The ducal residence was erected at Gotha....
had been divided by Christian and his six brothers the year before. They had no children and Christian died without leaving a heir. A dispute erupted among the remaining brothers and their descendants about he inheritance of Saxe-Eisenberg.
The Duchess was described as a very hard-working housewife, with a particular fondness for spinning. Disguised as an ordinary woman, she supplied local merchants with wool and yarn.
Rerefences
- Johann Georg Theodor Grässer: The lore of the Kingdom of Saxony, Volume 2, Dresden 1874, p. 323-325.