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Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (13 October 1764 – 24 May 1834), was a German noblewoman, by birth member of the House of Stolberg and by her two marriages Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen and Württemberg.
| Louise of Stolberg-Gedern | |
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| Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen | |
| Reign | 5 June 1780 – 21 July 1782 |
| Born | 13 October 1764 Gedern |
| Died | 24 May 1834 (aged 69) Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia |
| Spouse | Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Duke Eugen of Württemberg |
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| House | Stolberg |
| Father | Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern |
| Mother | Countess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein |
Born in Gedern, she was the second child of Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (1725-1764) and his wife Countess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein (1736-1782). She was born three months after her father's death, on 21 July 1764.
In Gedern on 5 June 1780, Louise married firstly Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Their childless union lasted only two years until Karl Wilhelm's death, on 21 July 1782.
Five years later, on 21 January 1787 in Meiningen, Louise married secondly Duke Eugen, the third child of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg. They had five children:
Louise died in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia, aged sixty-nine, having survived her second husband and two of her children.
Not to be confused with her cousin, Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752-1824), wife of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite titular King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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