Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein
| Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach |
| Noble family | Wolfstein |
| Father | Count Albert Frederick of Wolfstein |
| Mother | Sophia Louise of Castell-Remlingen |
| Born |
24 October 1667 Sulzbürg (near Mühlhausen) |
| Died |
23 August 1737 (aged 69) Fredensborg Palace |
| Buried | Roskilde Cathedral |
Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein (24 October 1667 – 23 August 1737) was a Countess of Wolfstein and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage.
Life
Sophie Christiane was a daughter of Count Albrecht Frederick of Wolfstein (1644–1693) from his marriage to Sophia Louise (1645–1717), daughter of Count Georg Wolfgang of Castell-Remlingen. Sophie Christiane's maternal uncle was married to an aunt of Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf and Sophie Christiane was consequently raised strictly religiously in the a Pietist manner.
On 14 August 1687 she married Margrave Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1661–1708), at Obersulzbürg castle. The margrave's court at Bayreuth felt that his spouse was "not befitting" (i.e. not of high enough birth to marry a member of a ruling family).
After the birth of their first child, the family moved into the castle at Schönberg, where Sophie Christiane, who was described as "admirable"[1] took care of raising her children. She composed a prayer book, the so-called Schönberger Gesangbuch, containing the prayers used in the daily "prayer meeting".[2] In 1703, Christian Heinrich and King Frederick I of Prussia concluded the Treaty of Schönberg, in which Christian Heinrich ceded Brandenburg-Ansbach to Prussia in exchange for the Weferlingen district near Magdeburg. The family then moved to Weferlingen Castle.
After her husband's death, her son-in-law, King Christian VI of Denmark, invited her to Denmark, which became a Pietist refuge.[3]
Sophie Christiane died in 1737 and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral.
Issue
Sophie Christiane from her marriage had 14 children:
- George Frederick Charles (1688–1735), Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- married in 1709 (divorced in 1724) Duchess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761)
- Albert Wolfgang (1689–1734), killed in battle
- Dorothea Charlotte (1691–1712)
- married in 1711 Count Charles Louis of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1674–1756)
- Frederick Emanuel (1692–1693)
- Christiane Henriette (1693–1695)
- Frederick William (1695)
- Christiane (1698)
- Christian August (1699–1700)
- Sophia Magdalene (1700–1770)
- married in 1721 King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway (1699–1746)
- Christine Wilhelmine (1702–1704)
- Frederick Ernest (1703–1762), governor of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein
- married in 1731 duchess Christine Sophie of Brunswick-Bevern (1717–1779)
- Eleanor Marie (1704–1705)
- Sophie Caroline (1707–1764)
- married in 1723 Prince George Albert of East Frisia (1690–1734)
- Friedrich Christian (1708–1769), Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- married in 1732 (divorced in 1764) Princess Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (1715–1792)
| Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein House of Wolfstein Born: 24 October 1667 Died: 23 August 1737 | ||
| German nobility | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vacant Title last held by Sophie Marie of Solms-Baruth-Wildenfels |
Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach 14 August 1687 – 5 April 1708 |
Vacant Title next held by Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
References
- Horst Weigelt: Geschichte des Pietismus in Bayern, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001, p. 226
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Footnotes
- ↑ Archiv für Geschichte von Oberfranken, vol. 5-6, 1851, p. 27 Digitized
- ↑ Barbara Becker-Cantarino: Daphnis: Zeitschrift fur Mittlere Deutsche Literatur und Kultur der Fruhen Neuzeit, vol. 31, Rodopi, 2004, p. 598
- ↑ August Tholuck: Geschichte des Rationalismus, Wiegandt und Grieben, 1865, S. 70