Charlotte of Nassau-Dillenburg-Schaumburg of Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym (1672–1700) was the wife of Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, a German prince of the House of Ascania.

Life

Charlotte of Nassau-Dillenburg-Schaumburg was born on 25 September 1672 in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was the beneficiary of the Holzappel and Lordship of Schaumburg and the youngest of the three surviving daughters of Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg. Charlotte was declared the sole heiress of the Holzappel (which included the towns of Holzappel and Charlottenberg) and the Lordship of Schaumburg.[1]

By a contract made on 1 September 1690 between Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Elisabeth Charlotte Melander, Countess of the Holzappel, Charlotte was betrothed to Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym. The marriage was performed in Schaumburg on 12 April 1692. They had five children:

  • Victor I Amadeus Adolph, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Schaumburg, 7 September 1693 – Schaumburg, 15 April 1772).
  • Frederick William (Schaumburg, 12 April 1695 – died in action at Denain, 24 July 1712).
  • Elisabeth Charlotte (Bernburg, 4 December 1696 – Schaumburg, 14 June 1754).
  • Christian (Bernburg, 27 November 1698 – died in action at Palermo, 29 April 1720).
  • Victoria Hedwig (Bernburg, 30 January 1700 – Schaumburg, 10 February 1701).

She died on 31 January 1700, aged 27, and is interred in the church of Saint Aegidien in Bernburg, Germany.

References

  1. ^ The Holzappel Case
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_of_Nassau-Schaumburg
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