Brief Life History of Sophia Albertine
When Gräfin Sophia Albertine Erbach-Erbach was born on 30 July 1683, in Heppenheim (Bergstraße), Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany, her father, Georg Ludwig I. Graf von Erbach, was 40 and her mother, Gräfin Amalia Catharina von Waldeck-Eisenberg, was 42. She married Herzog Ernst Friedrich l von Sachsen-Hildburghausen on 4 February 1704, in Erbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 4 September 1742, in Eisfeld, Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany, at the age of 59, and was buried in Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany.
Photos and Memories (1)
Do you know Sophia Albertine? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Sophie Albertine von Erbach, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sophia Albertina Kertzegin, “Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971”
- Germany, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Spouse and Children
Children (16)
+11 More Children
Name Meaning
From the Greek word meaning ‘wisdom’. The Eastern cult of St Sophia arose as a result of misinterpretation of the phrase Hagia Sophia ‘holy wisdom’ as if it meant ‘St Sophia’. The name became popular in England in the 17th and 18th centuries—the heroine of Fielding's novel Tom Jones ( 1749 ) is called Sophia Weston—and has been increasing in popularity since the 1990s. In Scotland it has been used as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Beathag .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.