Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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Karl Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (2 February 1783 - 8 July 1853), was a Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
[edit] Biography
Born in Weimar, he was the eldest son of Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Karl Frederick succeeded his famous father as Grand Duke when he died, in 1828. His capital, Weimar continued to be a cultural center of Central Europe, even after the death of Goethe, in 1832. Johann Nepomuk Hummel made his career in Weimar as Kapellmeister until his death in 1837. Franz Liszt settled in Weimar in 1848 as Kapellmeister and gathered about him a circle that kept the Weimar court a major musical centre.
He died at Schloss Belvedere, Weimar, in 1853.
[edit] Family and children
In St.Petersburg on 3 August 1804, Karl Frederick married with the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, daughter of Paul I of Russia. They four children:
- Paul Alexander Karl Constantin Frederick August (b. Weimar, 25 September 1805 - d. Weimar, 10 April 1806).
- Marie Luise Alexandrine (b. Weimar, 3 February 1808 - d. Berlin, 18 January 1877), married on 26 May 1827 to Karl of Prussia.
- Marie Luise Augusta Katharine (b. Weimar, 30 September 1811 - d. Berlin, 7 January 1890), married on 11 June 1829 to Wilhelm of Prussia, who became Wilhelm I of Germany.
- Karl Alexander August Johann, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b. Weimar, 24 June 1818 - d. Weimar, 5 January 1901).
| Preceded by Karl August |
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1828-1853 |
Succeeded by Karl Alexander |
