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Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar

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Princess Ernestine Albertine
Ernestine Albertine in 1755
Countess consort of Lippe-Alverdissen
Reign6 May 1756 – 25 November 1769
Born(1722-12-28)28 December 1722
Weimar, Saxe-Weimar
Holy Roman Empire
Died25 November 1769(1769-11-25) (aged 46)
Lippe-Alverdissen
Holy Roman Empire
SpousePhilip II, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen
IssueCount Clemens August
Count Karl Wilhelm
Count Georg Karl
Countess Friederike Antoinette
HouseSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach
FatherErnest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
MotherPrincess Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

Ernestine Albertine, Countess of Lippe-Alverdissen (née Princess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar; 28 December 1722 – 25 November 1769) was the first wife and consort of Philip II, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen.

Biography

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Princess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar was born in Weimar on 28 December 1722 to Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen.

On 6 May 1756 she married Philip II, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen, becoming the Countess consort of Lippe-Alverdissen. They had four children:

  • Count Clemens August (1757-1757)
  • Count Karl Wilhelm (1759-1780)
  • Count Georg Karl (1760-1776)
  • Countess Friederike Antoinette (1762-1777)

Ernestine Albertine died on 25 November 1769 in Alverdissen, seven years before her husband succeeded his cousin, Wilhelm, as the Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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