Princess Bernardina Christina Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Princess Bernardina Christina Sophia
Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Bernardine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, painting in the Heidecksburg by Johann Ernst Heinsius
Spouse(s) John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Noble family House of Wettin (by birth)
House of Schwarzburg (by marriage)
Father Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Mother Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen
Born (1724-05-05)5 May 1724
Weimar
Died 5 June 1757(1757-06-05) (aged 33)
Rudolstadt

Princess Bernhardina Christiana Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (5 May 1724 in Weimar 5 June 1757 in Rudolstadt), was a Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by birth and Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt by marriage.

Life

She was a daughter of Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688-1748) from his first marriage with Eleonore Wilhelmine (1696-1726), the daughter of Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. She married on 19 November 1744 in Eisenach to John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767).

The Princess, who was described as particularly benevolent, acquired the Handwerkerhof in Rudolstadt in 1756 and founded the Bernardina Abbey for noblewomen in this building. Her coat of arms at the entrance to the building are a reminder of her. The building was extended to house six noblewomen. To this end, Bernhardine purchased a neighbouring building and incorporated it into the abbey. She personally wrote the constitution of the abbey.

She didn't live to see the inauguration of the abbey in 1757, because she died at age 33. She was deeply mourned by her husband, who never remarried.

Paintings of Berhardina and her husband by Johann Ernst Heinsius are on display in the green room of Heidecksburg Castle.

Issue

From her marriage Bernhardina Christiana Sophia had the following children:

References


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