Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
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Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
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Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Princess Auguste of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Noble family | House of Schwarzburg |
| Father | Louis Günther II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
| Mother | Sophie Henriette of Reuss-Untergreiz |
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7 June 1736 Rudolstadt |
| Died | 13 April 1793 (aged 56) Rudolstadt |
Prince Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (7 June 1736 in Rudolstadt – 13 April 1793) was a German Natural History collector, and from 1790 until his death the reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was the son of Prince Louis Günther II of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife Sophie Henriette, born Countess Reuss of Untergreiz (1711–1771). As a child, he began his natural history collection, which later went to the Natural History Museum of Rudolstadt. In 1757, he created the Princely Natural History Collection at the Ludwigsburg Castle in Rudolstadt. The collection was later enlarged, and in the 19th century, it occupied seven rooms in the castle. One of the first supervisors of the collection was Christoph Ludwig Kämmerer. In 1919, the collection was moved to Heidecksburg Castle.
Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt corresponded with Johann Heinrich Merck, among others, and let him have some rhinoceros bones and other pieces from his collection for research. Frederick Charles also corresponded with Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731–1793), with the physician Friedrich Martini, with the vicar Johann Samuel Schröter (1735–1808) and with Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch (1725–1778). He had personal and scientific relationships with his corresponcents and kept their writings in the library of his Cabinet. Some of these writings were dedicated to him, for example the third volume of Martini's conchology text, published in 1777, was dedicated to His Princely Highness, the Crown Prince Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, dedicated by his humble subject, the author. The second edition of Jacob Theodor Klein's Naturalis Dispositio; Echinodermatum was edited and revised by Nathaniel Gottfried Leske and was also dedicated to Frederick Charles.
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