Fredericka Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern
Fredericka Charlotte of Stolberg-Gedern | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 April 1686 Gedern |
| Died | 10 January 1739 (aged 52) Laubach |
| Spouse(s) | Frederick Ernest, Count of Solms-Laubach |
| Father | Louis 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.
Early life and marriage
[edit]Born Friedrike Charlotte on April 3, 1686, in Gedern, 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]
| Name | Lifespan | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Friederike Ernestine zu Solms-Laubach | 1710-1711 | |
| Friedrich Magnus II zu Solms-Laubach | 21 November 1711 - 17 August 1738 | President of the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar. Never married and had no issue. |
| Karl Leopold zu Solms-Laubach | 1713-1713 | |
| Christian August zu Solms-Laubach[citation needed] | 1714-1784 | President of the Imperial Chamber Court in Wetzlar. Married Elisabeth Amalie Friederike of Isenburg-Büdingen; had issue. |
| Adolf Heinrich zu Solms-Laubach | 1715-1715 | |
| Ludwig Karl zu Solms-Laubach | 1716-1716 | |
| Magdalene Christine zu Solms-Laubach | 1718-1719 | |
| Ferdinand Otto zu Solms-Laubach | 1718-1719 | |
| Luise Charlotte zu Solms-Laubach | 1720-1723 | |
| Marie Sophie Wilhelmine zu Solms-Laubach | 1721-1793 | Married Charles Christian Erdmann, Duke of Württemberg-Oels; had issue. |
| Johan Kuno zu Solms-Laubach | 1722-1722 | |
| Karl Franz zu Solms-Laubach | 1721-1722 | |
| Karl Heinrich | 1723-1723 |
Death
[edit]Friedrike was 53 years old when she died on January 10, 1739, in Laubach. She was buried in the local Evangelical church.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Solms-Laubach, Rudolph zu (1865). Geschichte des Grafen- und Fürstenhauses Solms (in German). Adelmann.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hessian Biography : Extended Search : LAGIS Hessen". www.lagis-hessen.de. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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