Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
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Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (25th September 1715 – 4 February 1772) was a princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
by birth and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage.
(1693-1772) from his first marriage to Charlotte Louise (1680-1739), daughter of Count William Maurice of Isenburg-Birstein.
On 26 April 1732 she married the later Margrave Frederick Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
(1708-1769) in Schaumburg
. After the wedding the couple moved into the New Castle in Neustadt an der Aisch
at the request Frederick Christian's brother George Frederick Charles
.
The marriage ended in divorce in 1764, a year after Frederick Christian succeeded his brother as Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. The couple had already lived separately since 1739 because Frederick Christian was very jealous. Victoria Charlotte spent the last years of her life in humble conditions in Halle.
She died in 1772 and was buried in the Melander Crypt in Holzappel
.
Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym was a German principality and member of the Holy Roman Empire. The death of Prince Victor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg in 1718, resulted in the partition of his land with his second son Lebrecht inheriting what was originally known as Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym.The name of the...
by birth and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage.
Life
Victoria Charlotte was a daughter of Prince Victor I of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-HoymVictor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Victor I Amadeus Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym , was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.He was the eldest son of Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, by his first wife Charlotte,...
(1693-1772) from his first marriage to Charlotte Louise (1680-1739), daughter of Count William Maurice of Isenburg-Birstein.
On 26 April 1732 she married the later Margrave Frederick Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Frederick Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.-Family:...
(1708-1769) in Schaumburg
Schaumburg
Schaumburg is a district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hamelin-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .-History:...
. After the wedding the couple moved into the New Castle in Neustadt an der Aisch
Neustadt an der Aisch
Neustadt an der Aisch is a small town in the northern part of Bavaria , within the Franconian administrative region Middle Franconia,...
at the request Frederick Christian's brother George Frederick Charles
George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George Frederick Charles , Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , was a German prince, member of the House of Hohenzollern, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth .-Family:He was the eldest of the fourteen children born...
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The marriage ended in divorce in 1764, a year after Frederick Christian succeeded his brother as Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. The couple had already lived separately since 1739 because Frederick Christian was very jealous. Victoria Charlotte spent the last years of her life in humble conditions in Halle.
She died in 1772 and was buried in the Melander Crypt in Holzappel
Holzappel
Holzappel is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, with a population in 2006 of 1100.Holzappel was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1643 until 1714. It was founded by Peter Melander of Holzappel, an imperial field marshal during the Thirty Years'...
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Issue
From her marriage, Victoria Charlotte had two daughters:- Christiane Sophie Charlotte (1733-1757)
- married in 1757 Duke Ernest Frederick III Carl of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727-1780)
- Sophie Magdalene (1737-1737)