Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Louis Frederick II
Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Spouse Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
House House of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Father Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Mother Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Born 9 August 1767
Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Died 28 April 1807 (aged 39)
Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Rudolstadt, 9 August 1767 Rudolstadt, 28 April 1807) was from 1793 to 1807 reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Life

Louis Frederick was born on 9 August 1767 in Rudolstadt and was the second child and first son of the then Hereditary Prince Frederick Charles of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his first wife Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. At that time was his grandfather Louis Günther II that ruled over the principality. In 1789 Louis Frederick and his brother Karl Günther were to Geneva and other destinations for their education. During this journey they learned about the events of the French Revolution.

On July 21, 1791 in Homburg he married Caroline of Hesse-Homburg, daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.

Issue

Caroline, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

From the marriage of the Prince with Caroline were born the following children:

∞ 1. 1816 Princess Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (1793–1854),
∞ 2. 1855 Princess Helena von Anhalt-Dessau (1835–1860),
∞ 3. 1861 Lydia Maria Schultze (1840–1909),
∞ 1817 Otto Victor, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1785–1859),
∞ 1827 Princess Auguste Luise of Solms-Braunfels (1804–1865),

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