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Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Charlotte
Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Charlotte Amalie of Saxe-Meiningen.jpg
Born (1751-09-11)11 September 1751
Frankfurt am Main, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
Died 25 April 1827(1827-04-25) (aged 75)
Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia
Spouse Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Issue Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Augustus
Frederick IV
Prince Ludwig
Full name
German: Marie Charlotte Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Philippine
House Saxe-Meiningen
Father Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother Landgravine Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
Full name
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.


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