Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Frederica Caroline
Princess Frederica Caroline
Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Born	24 June 1735; Coburg
Died	18 February 1791 (aged 55); Unterschwaningen
Spouse	Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (m. 1754)
House	Wettin
Father	Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Mother	Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (24 June 1735 – 18 February 1791) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth and, through marriage, the last Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth.

Biography

Frederica Caroline was the fifth child and youngest daughter of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1700–1780), daughter of Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Marriage

On 22 November 1754 in Coburg, she married Margrave Karl Alexander of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth (1736-1806). The marriage was concluded for dynastic reasons. Although Frederica Caroline was considered virtuous, gentle, charitable and devout,^[1] her husband found her ugly, ignorant and boring.^[2] The marriage remained childless, he separated from his wife, who by that time lived at Schwaningen Castle in Unterschwaningen, and began to live with his mistress Elizabeth Craven, Baroness Craven of Hamstead Marshall.

Frederica Caroline's brother, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, own his sister admission to the regiment as captain, this starting point of his brilliant military career.

Death

After Frederica Caroline's death, her husband abdicated as Margrave and sold the Margravate to Prussia,^[3] he left the country and married morganatically his English mistress that year, who became Princess Berkeley upon her marriage to Alexander. Frederica Caroline is buried in the Gumbertuskirche in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.^[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld^[5]

16. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

17. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt

4. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

18. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

9. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

19. Elisabeth of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel

2. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

20. Philipp VII, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

10. Josias II, Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont

21. Anna of Sayn-Wittgenstein

5. Charlotte Johanne of Waldeck-Pyrmont

22. Wilhelm, Count of Nassau-Siegen

11. Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen

23. Christina, Countess of Erbach

1. Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

24. Louis Guenther I, Count of Schwarzburg

12. Albrecht Anton, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

25. Emilie von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst

6. Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

26. Albert Frederick of Barby-Mühlingen

13. Emilie Juliana von Barby-Mühlingen

27. Sophie Ursula of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst

3. Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

28. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (= 8)

14. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

29. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (= 9)

7. Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

30. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

15. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels

31. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

References

^ Wirth, Christian. "Triesdorf: Mätressenschlösser des Wilden Markgrafen" [Triesdorf: Mistress Castles of the Savage Margrave]. Funde (in German). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
^ Mavridis, Carl-Alexander. "Zum 200. Todestag von Markgraf Alexander" [On the 200th Anniversary of the Death of Margrave Alexander]. Der Verein der Freunde Triesdorf und Umgebung (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
^ Mebes, Julius (1861). "Beiträge zur Geschichte des Brandenburgisch-Preussischen Staates" [Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian state] (in German). Berlin: Lüderitz. p. 766. OCLC 758909879 – via Internet Archive.
^ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-H/hohenzollern/brandenburgansbach.htm
^ von Ammon, Christoph Heinrich (1768). Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Berlin: Etienne de Bordeaux. p. 107. OCLC 894685881. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

External links

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German nobility
Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld House of Wettin Born: 24 June 1735 Died: 18 February 1791
Vacant Title last held by Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia	Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach 3 August 1757 – 18 February 1791	Vacant Title next held by None

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[1] Wirth, Christian. "Triesdorf: Mätressenschlösser des Wilden Markgrafen" [Triesdorf: Mistress Castles of the Savage Margrave]. Funde (in German). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-20.

[2] Mavridis, Carl-Alexander. "Zum 200. Todestag von Markgraf Alexander" [On the 200th Anniversary of the Death of Margrave Alexander]. Der Verein der Freunde Triesdorf und Umgebung (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

[3] Mebes, Julius (1861). "Beiträge zur Geschichte des Brandenburgisch-Preussischen Staates" [Contributions to the history of the Brandenburg-Prussian state] (in German). Berlin: Lüderitz. p. 766. OCLC 758909879 – via Internet Archive.

[4] ttp://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/fam-H/hohenzollern/brandenburgansbach.htm

[5] von Ammon, Christoph Heinrich (1768). Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Berlin: Etienne de Bordeaux. p. 107. OCLC 894685881. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

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