Princess Charlotte | |||||
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Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |||||
Born |
Frankfurt am Main, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire |
11 September 1751||||
Died | 25 April 1827 Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia |
(aged 75)||||
Spouse | Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | ||||
Issue | Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Augustus Frederick IV Prince Ludwig |
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House | Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Father | Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Mother | Landgravine Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal |
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German: Marie Charlotte Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Philippine |
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (German: Marie Charlotte Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Philippine, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen) (11 September 1751, Frankfurt am Main, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire – 25 April 1827, Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia) was a member of the House of Saxe-Meiningen and a Princess of Saxe-Meiningen by birth and a member of the House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg through her marriage to Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Charlotte was the eldest child and daughter of Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his second wife, Landgravine Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal. Charlotte was an elder sister of Charles William, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Charlotte married Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (later Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg), son of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his wife Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, on 21 March 1769 in Meiningen. Charlotte and Ernest had four children:
Charlotte's husband, Ernest, was regarded as an enlightened monarch and a great patron of art and science, who led his country into a cultural flowering. He was assisted in his cultural undertakings by his wife, Charlotte.