Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein
| Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 October 1667 Sulzbürg (near Mühlhausen) |
| Died | 23 August 1737 (aged 69) Fredensborg Palace |
| Buried | Roskilde Cathedral |
| Noble family | Wolfstein |
| Spouse(s) | Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach |
| Issue | |
| Father | Count Albert Frederick of Wolfstein |
| Mother | Sophia Louise of Castell-Remlingen |
Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein (24 October 1667 – 23 August 1737) was a Countess of Wolfstein and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage.
Sophie Christiane was a daughter of Count Albrecht Frederick of Wolfstein (1644–1693) from his marriage to Countess Sophia Louise (1645–1717), daughter of Count Georg Wolfgang of Castell-Remlingen. Sophie Christiane's maternal uncle was married to an aunt of Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf and Sophie Christiane was consequently raised strictly religiously in the Pietist manner.
On 14 August 1687 she married Margrave Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1661–1708), at Obersulzbürg castle. The margrave's court at Bayreuth felt that his spouse was "not befitting" (i.e. not of high enough birth to marry a member of a ruling family).
After the birth of their first child, the family moved into the castle at Schönberg, where Sophie Christiane, who was described as "admirable" took care of raising her children. She composed a prayer book, the so-called Schönberger Gesangbuch, containing the prayers used in the daily "prayer meeting". In 1703, Christian Heinrich and King Frederick I of Prussia concluded the Treaty of Schönberg, in which Christian Heinrich ceded Brandenburg-Ansbach to Prussia in exchange for the Weferlingen district near Magdeburg. The family then moved to Weferlingen Castle.
After her husband's death, her son-in-law, King Christian VI of Denmark, invited her to Denmark, which became a Pietist refuge.
Sophie Christiane died in 1737 and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral.
Sophie Christiane from her marriage had 14 children:
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