Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
Reign	1702-1713
Born	4 July 1665 Wiesenburg
Died	25 February 1748 (aged 82) Neustadt an der Orla
Spouse	Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
Father	Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
Mother	Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg

Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (4 July 1665 - 25 February 1748), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt.

Born in Wiesenburg, she was the thirteenth of fifteen children born from the second marriage of Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg with Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg. From her fourteen full-siblings, only seven survive adulthood: Frederick, Sophie Elisabeth (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz), Charles Louis, Eleanor Margaret (by marriage Princess of Liechtenstein), William Christian, Magdalene Sophie (Abbess in Quedlinburg) and Johanna Magdalene Louise. In addition, she had two further older half-siblings from her father's first marriage with Catharina of Waldeck-Wildungen, of whom only one survive: Dorothea Elisabeth (by her two marriages Countess of Sinzendorf, Rabutin and Marchioness de Fremonville).^[1][2][3]

Life

In Moritzburg Castle on 27 February 1702, Anna Fredericka Philippine married Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt. They had two children, of whom only one survive adulthood:^[4][5]

1. Maurice Adolph Charles (Moritzburg, 1 December 1702 - Pöltenberg, 20 June 1759), Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (1713–18), Bishop of Hradec Králové (Königrgrätz) (1732) and Litoměřice (Leitmeritz) (1733–52),
2. Dorothea Charlotte (Moritzburg, 20 May 1708 - Moritzburg, 8 November 1708).

Anna Fredericka Philippine died in Neustadt an der Orla aged 82.

References

1. Philipp Ludwig Herzog v.Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan [retrieved 7 October 2014].
2. Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg line in: Royaltyguide.nl [retrieved 7 October 2014].
3. Genealogy of the House of Oldenburg in: Genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 7 October 2014].
4. Anna Friederika Philippina Herzogin v.Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan [retrieved 7 October 2014].
5. Genealogy of the House of Wettin in: Genealogy.euweb.cz [retrieved 7 October 2014].