Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (7 January 1638 - 15 February 1687), was a German noblewoman of the House of Welf and by her two marriages Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Coburg.
Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
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Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach | |
Tenure | 1663-1668 |
Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg | |
Tenure | 1680–1687 |
Born | (1638-01-07)7 January 1638 Brunswick |
Died | 15 February 1687(1687-02-15) (aged 49) Coburg |
Spouse | Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg |
Issue | Karl August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach Adolf William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach Ernest August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach William August, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach Prince Ernest August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
House | Welf |
Father | Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Mother | Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg |
Born in Brunswick, she was the second of the three children of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his third wife, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg.[1][better source needed][2] Marie Elisabeth and her older brother Ferdinand Albert are the only surviving children of their parents' marriage. In addition, they had seven older half-siblings from Duke Augustus' two previous marriages, of whom only four survive adulthood: Rudolph Augustus, Sibylle Ursula (by marriage Duchess of Holstein-Glücksburg), Clara Augusta (by marriage Duchess of Württemberg-Neustadt) and Anthony Ulrich, all born from Augustus' second marriage with Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst.