Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Catherine Charlotte Georgine Friederike Sophie Therese of Saxe- Hildburghausen ( born June 17, 1787 Hildburghausen, † December 12, 1847 in Bamberg) was a princess of Saxe- Hildburghausen and by marriage Princess of Württemberg since "Princess Paul of Württemberg" called.

Life

Charlotte was the eldest daughter of Duke Friedrich of Saxe- Hildburghausen (since 1826 Duke of Saxe- Altenburg ) and his wife Charlotte of Mecklenburg -Strelitz. One of her godparents was Empress Catherine II with her ​​sisters Therese and Louise, it was considered very beautiful; Friedrich Rückert dedicated the princesses his poem "With three moss roses ".

On September 28, 1805 married in Ludwigsburg known as a traveler and naturalist Prince Paul of Württemberg. The couple lived from 1807 to 1810 on the Apanageschloss of Prince Großcomburg. After Charlotte had given birth to five children, the couple separated. A divorce was rejected by the King of Württemberg. She went back to Hildburghausen, where she was the owner of the 1827 built by Prince Eugene so-called sovereignty house. Here she was often visited by her eldest daughter, to whom she had a close relationship, as well as to her brother Frederick, who left after Charlotte's death Hildburghausen.

Along with two of her ladies she made outstanding contributions to the arms supply in Hildburghausen. She died at the residence castle in Bamberg and is buried in the crypt of the House of Württemberg in Ludwigsburg.

A 1806 made ​​by Johann Heinrich Dannecker bust, the then 19 -year-old princess was acquired in 2010 for the City Museum Hildburghausen.

Progeny

• Charlotte (1807-1873), later Grand Duchess Helen Pavlovna ∞ 1824 Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich ( 1798-1849 )
• Friedrich (1808-1870) ∞ 1845 Catherine of Württemberg ( 1821-1898 ), daughter of King William I of Württemberg
• Karl (1809-1810)
• Pauline (1810-1856) ∞ 1829 Duke Wilhelm of Nassau ( 1792-1839 )
• August (1813-1885)