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Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach

Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe
Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise von Sachsen-Eisenach.jpg
Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Tenure 4 November 1681 – 22 March 1686
Predecessor Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach
Successor Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental
Electress consort of Saxony
Tenure 17 April 1692 - 27 April 1694
Predecessor Anna Sophie of Denmark
Successor Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Born (1662-04-13)13 April 1662
Friedewald
Died 9 September 1696(1696-09-09) (aged 34)
Schloss Pretzsch, Pretzsch
Burial Freiberg Cathedral
Spouse John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
(m. 1681; d. 1686)

John George IV, Elector of Saxony
(m. 1692; d. 1694)
Issue Caroline, Queen of the United Kingdom
Margrave Frederick Augustus
William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Full name
Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise
House Wettin
Father John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Mother Countess Johanna of Sayn-Wittgenstein
Full name
Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise

Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach (13 April 1662 – 9 September 1696), was a German princess member of the House of Wettin and through her two marriages was Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (from 1681 to 1686) and Electress of Saxony (from 1692 to 1694).

Eleonore Erdmuthe Louise was the eldest child of John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein. From her seven younger siblings, only four survive adulthood: Frederick August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and Fredericka Elisabeth (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weisselfels).

In Eisenach on 4 November 1681, Eleonore married firstly John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach as his second wife. They had three children:

After the death of her husband (22 March 1686), the government of Brandenburg-Ansbach passed to her stepson Christian Albert (eldest surviving son of her husband's first marriage), who being a minor ruled under a regency. Because her relationship with her stepchildren wasn't good since the beginning, Eleonore and her children moved to Crailsheim, where they lived in poverty; shortly after, she returned alone to her homeland Eisenach, while her children were sent to Berlin, where they became companions of the together with Frederick William, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg. In November 1691 Eleonore also arrived in Berlin to actively participate in the negotiations of her second marriage.


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