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Princess Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

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Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (25 September 1715 – 4 February 1772) was a princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym by birth and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage.

Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Born(1715-12-25)25 December 1715
Schaumburg
Died4 February 1772(1772-02-04) (aged 56)
Schaumburg
Burial
Melander Crypt in Holzappel
SpouseFrederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Issue
Detail		Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
HouseHouse of Ascania
FatherVictor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
MotherCharlotte Louise of Isenburg-Birstein

Early life

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Victoria Charlotte was a daughter of Prince Victor I of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1693–1772) from his first marriage to Countess Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (1680–1739), daughter of Count William Maurice of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein (1657-1711) and his wife, Countess Anna Amalia of Isenburg-Büdingen (1653-1700).

Biography

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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.[1]

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.[2] 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.

Issue

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From her marriage, Victoria Charlotte had two daughters:

married in 1757 Duke Ernest Frederick III Carl of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727–1780)
  • Sophie Magdalene (1737–1737)

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Fortgesetzte neue genealogisch-historische nachrichten, [1762-1776], 168 part (in 14 vols.), part 97, Leipzig, 1769, p. 273 (Digitized)
  2. ^ Johann Wilhelm Holle: Geschichte der Stadt Bayreuth von den ältesten Zeiten bis 1792, p. 149, Seligsberg, 1901

References

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  • Philipp Ernst Bertram, Johann C. Krause: Geschichte des Hauses und Fürstenthums Anhalt: Fortsetzung, vol. 2, p. 643 ff
Princess Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
Born: 25 September 1715 Died: 4 February 1792
German nobility
Preceded by Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
26 February 1763 – 1764 		Succeeded by
 

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