Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode
| Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode | |
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Portrait of Count Christian Frederick, c. 1795
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| Spouse(s) | Countess Auguste Eleonore of Stolberg-Stolberg |
| Noble family | House of Stolberg |
| Father | Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode |
| Mother | Princess Anna of Anhalt-Köthen |
| Born |
8 January 1746 Wernigerode Castle |
| Died | 26 May 1824 (aged 78) Pieszyce |
Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode (German: Christian Friedrich (Graf) zu Stolberg-Wernigerode; 8 January 1746, Wernigerode Castle – 26 May 1824, Peterwaldau) was the only son of Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode, whom he succeeded as ruler of the County of Wernigerode in 1778.
As the son of Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Christian Frederick was a member of the noble Stolberg family. His mother was Henry Ernest's second wife, Princess Anna of Anhalt-Köthen, daughter of Augustus Louis of Anhalt-Köthen by his second wife, Emilie (herself daughter of Erdmann II of Promnitz).
During his studies in Halle from 1764 to 1767 he joined the Freemason lodge zu den drei Degen. In the summer of 1767 he obtained the fourth and later the fifth grade at the lodge in Leipzig.
Count Christian Frederick was until 1796 dean of Halberstadt and provost of Walbeck. He was made a Knight of the Order of Saint John in 1790 by Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia. In 1797 he was made a Knight of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle and in 1803, a member of the Order of the Black Eagle.
Among the count's friends were the poets Anna Louisa Karsch and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim.
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