Brief Life History of Karoline Ernestine
When Karoline Ernestine zu Erbach-Schönberg was born on 20 August 1727, in Gedern, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany, her father, Georg August Graf zu Erbach-Schönberg, was 36 and her mother, Ferdinande Henriette Gräfin zu Stolberg-Gedern, was 27. She married Heinrich von Reuss-Ebersdorf XXIV on 28 June 1754, in Thurnau, Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 22 April 1796, in Saalburg, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, at the age of 68, and was buried in Saalburg, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.
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Chinese:
Mandarin form of the surname 祖, meaning ‘ancestors’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of the personal names Zu Jia (祖甲), Zu Yi (祖乙), Zu Xin (祖辛), Zu Ding (祖丁), and Zu Geng (祖庚), personal names of several kings during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ). (ii) from the first element of the personal names of Zu Ji (祖己) and Zu Yin (祖尹), who were descendants of an official called Zhong Hui who lived some time during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ).
Mandarin form of the surname 俎, meaning ‘sacrificial utensil’ in ancient Chinese: (i) adopted as a surname by the Bao Zu (鮑俎) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD ). (ii) said to be adopted by the fourth son of the uncle of the famous general Yue Fei (1103–1142 AD ), who changed the original surname Zhu (祝) to Zu (俎) in order to escape from political persecutions.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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