Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg

Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg, born 20 August 1727 (20 July, according to other sources) at Gedern, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, in the then Holy Roman Empire, was a daughter of George August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg, and Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern. She died at Ebersdorf, Thuringia, on 22 April 1796, at age 68.

Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
Born(1727-08-20)20 August 1727
Gedern
Died22 April 1796(1796-04-22) (aged 68)
Ebersdorf
Spouse(s)Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
FatherGeorge August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg
MotherFerdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern

Through her daughter Augusta, she was the great-grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Family

She married Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, on 28 June 1754 at Thurnau, Bavaria, and had seven children, all of them born at Ebersdorf, Reuss-Jüngere-Linie, Thüringia.

NameBirthDeathSpouseChildren
Heinrich XLVI, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf14 May 175518 April 1757
Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf 19 January 1757, Ebersdorf16 November 1831, EbersdorfDuke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-SaalfeldPrincess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Marianne
Leopold I of Belgium
Prince Francis Maximilian
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Louise Christine Reuss of Ebersdorf2 June 1759, Ebersdorf5 December 1840, LobensteinPrince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz
Heinrich LI, Prince Reuss of Ebersdorf16 May 1761, Ebersdorf10 July 1822, EbersdorfHeinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf
Countess Ernestine Ferdinande Reuss of Ebersdorf28 April 1762, Ebersdorf19 May 1763, Ebersdorf
Heinrich LIII, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf24 May 1765, Ebersdorf28 June 1770, Ebersdorf
Countess Henriette Reuss of Ebersdorf9 May 1767, Ebersdorf3 September 1801, CoburgEmich Carl, 2nd Prince of LeiningenPrince Friedrich Karl Heinrich Ludwig of Leiningen

Ancestry


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