Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Charles Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (German: Karl Friedrich, Großherzog Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) (2 February 1783 – 8 July 1853) was a Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Biography
Born in Weimar, he was the eldest son of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Charles 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. Due to the intervention of Liszt, the composer Richard Wagner found refuge in Weimar after he was forced to flee Saxony for his role in the revolutionary disturbances there in 1848-49. Wagner's opera Lohengrin was first performed in Weimar in August 1850.
Charles Frederick died at Schloss Belvedere, Weimar, in 1853 and was buried in the Weimarer Fürstengruft.
Family and children
In St. Petersburg on 3 August 1804, Charles Frederick married the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Paul I.[1][2] They had 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, German Emperor.
- Karl Alexander August Johann, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b. Weimar, 24 June 1818 – d. Weimar, 5 January 1901), married on 8 October 1842 to Sophie of the Netherlands.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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16. John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
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8. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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17. Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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4. Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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18. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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9. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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19. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
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2. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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20. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg |
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10. Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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21. Duchess Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg |
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5. Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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22. Frederick William I of Prussia |
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11. Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia |
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23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
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1. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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25. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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26. Count Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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27. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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3. Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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28. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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29. Countess Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein |
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7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken |
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30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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15. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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31. Princess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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References
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| 1st generation |
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| 2nd generation |
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| 6th generation |
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| 7th generation |
Prince Georg Konstantin
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*''lost his title due to an unequal marriage
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Charles Frederick Of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duke |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
2 February 1783 |
| Place of birth |
Weimar |
| Date of death |
8 July 1853 |
| Place of death |
Schloss Belvedere, Weimar |