Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born	7 May 1661; Darmstadt
Died	22 August 1712 (aged 51); Gotha
Spouse	Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
Father	Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (7 May 1661 – 22 August 1712) was a member of the House of Hesse and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenberg.

Life

Sophie Marie was born in Darmstadt, a daughter of Count Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630–1678) from his marriage to Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1634–1665), a daughter of Duke Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp.

On 9 February 1681 in Darmstadt, she married Duke Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg. At the time, he was a widower and father of a daughter. He had become the first Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg when Saxe-Gotha had been divided by Christian and his six brothers the year before. They had no children and Christian died without leaving an heir. A dispute erupted among the remaining brothers and their descendants about he inheritance of Saxe-Eisenberg.

The Duchess was described as a very hard-working housewife,[1] with a particular fondness for spinning. Disguised as an ordinary woman, she supplied local merchants with wool and yarn. She died in Gotha.

Notes

Klemm, Gustav Friedrich (1859). Die Frauen: Culturgeschichtliche Schilderungen des Zustandes und Einflusses der Frauen in den verschiedenen Zonen und Zeitaltern, Band 3 (The Women). Arnoldische Buchhandlung. p. 308.

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References

Johann Georg Theodor Grässe: The lore of the Kingdom of Saxony, Volume 2, Dresden 1874, p. 323-325.

German royalty
Princess Louise of Denmark House of Hesse Born: 7 May 1661 Died: 22 August 1712
Vacant Title last held by Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg	Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenberg 1681-1707	Merged to the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

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[1] Klemm, Gustav Friedrich (1859). Die Frauen: Culturgeschichtliche Schilderungen des Zustandes und Einflusses der Frauen in den verschiedenen Zonen und Zeitaltern, Band 3 (The Women). Arnoldische Buchhandlung. p. 308.