Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Sophia Wilhelmina
Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Tenure	8 February 1720 - 4 December 1727
Born	(1693-08-09)9 August 1693 Saalfeld
Died	4 December 1727(1727-12-04) (aged 34) Rudolstadt
Spouse	Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Issue	John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
House	Wettin
Father	John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Mother	Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (9 August 1693, in Saalfeld – 4 December 1727, in Rudolstadt) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth, and Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt by marriage.

Life

Sophia Wilhelmina was the eldest daughter of John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658–1729), from his second marriage to Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (1644–1699), daughter of Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen. The bond between the two families was further strengthened three years later, when her brother, Francis Josias, married her husband's sister, Anna Sophia. The close bond with the very pious court at Rudolstadt also meant that pietism gained a foothold in Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Sophia Wilhelmina's half-brother, Christian Ernest II, supported this development.

Marriage and issue

On 8 February 1720 in Saalfeld, Sophie Wilhelmine married Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. The couple had the following children:

• John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721–1767); married in 1744 Princess Bernardina Christina Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1724–1757)
• Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1723)
• Princess Sophia Albertina of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1724–1799)

References

• Ermentrude von Ranke: Das Fürstentum Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts, 1915, p. 16