Fredericka Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern

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Fredericka Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern
Born3 April 1686
Gedern, Hesse
Died10 January 1739 (aged 52)
Laubach, Hesse
Spouse(s)Frederick Ernest, Count of Solms-Laubach
FatherLouis Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern
Mother Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Friederike Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern (3 April 1686 - 10 January 1739), was a German noblewoman of The House of Stolberg and by marriage Countess of Solms-Laubach.

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Early life and marriage

Born Friedrike Charlotte on April 3, 1686, in Gedern, Hesse. She was the third of twenty-three children to Count Louis Christian of Stolberg-Gedern (1652 -1710) and Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1663-1749). Her elder siblings twins Gustav Adolph and an unnamed sister had died previously on January 17, 1684.

When Friedrike was twenty-three years old when she married Friedrich Ernst, Count of Solms-Laubach on December 8, 1709, in Gedern. [1] [2] Friedrich was president of the Reichskammergerichts and was succeeded by his surviving sons, Friedrich Magnus II and Christian August. Together they had thirteen children together, and only three would survive into adulthood. [3] [4] [5]

NameLifespanNotes
Friederike Ernestine zu Solms-Laubach1710-1711
Friedrich Magnus II zu Solms-Laubach21 November 1711 - 17 August 1738President of the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar. Never married and had no issue.
Karl Leopold zu Solms-Laubach1713-1713
Christian August zu Solms-Laubach[ citation needed ]1714-1784President of the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar. Married Elisabeth Amalie Friederike of Isenburg-Büdingen; had issue.
Adolf Heinrich zu Solms-Laubach1715-1715
Ludwig Karl zu Solms-Laubach1716-1716
Magdalene Christine zu Solms-Laubach1718-1719
Ferdinand Otto zu Solms-Laubach1718-1719
Luise Charlotte zu Solms-Laubach1720-1723
Marie Sophie Wilhelmine zu Solms-Laubach1721-1793Married Charles Christian Erdmann, Duke of Württemberg-Oels; had issue.
Johan Kuno zu Solms-Laubach1722-1722
Karl Franz zu Solms-Laubach1721-1722
Karl Heinrich1723-1723

Death

Friedrike was 53 years old when she died on January 10, 1739, at SchloÏ Solms, Laubach, Hesse. She was buried in the local Evangelical church.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Solms-Laubach, Rudolph zu (1865). Geschichte des Grafen- und Fürstenhauses Solms (in German). Adelmann.
  2. ↑ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 1371. ISBN   978-0-85011-028-9.
  3. ↑ "Hessian Biography : Extended Search : LAGIS Hessen". www.lagis-hessen.de. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. ↑ Ein goldener Schimmer aus fernen Zeiten. Die Schlossbibliothek zu Laubach lädt mit einer Ausstellung in alte Gärten ein [In:] Unseroberhessen, 88. Jahrgang, 2/2012, S. 20–21.
  5. ↑ Michael Sachs: Die Flucht der evangelischen Frau Anna Magdalena von Reibnitz (1664–~1745) mit ihren von der Zwangskatholisierung bedrohten fünf Kindern aus Schlesien im Jahre 1703 – ein Stimmungsbild aus dem Zeitalter der Gegenreformation und des Pietismus. In: Medizinhistorische Mitteilungen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Fachprosaforschung. Band 34, 2015 (2016), S. 221–263, hier: S. 227.
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