Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Born (1664-12-13)13 December 1664
Arolsen
Died 1 February 1699(1699-02-01) (aged 34)
Hildburghausen
Spouse John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Father Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen
Mother Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (13 December 1664 in Arolsen 1 February 1699 in Hildburghausen) was a daughter of Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife, Wilhelmine Christine, a daughter William of Nassau-Hilchenbach.

Marriage and issue

She married on 2 December 1690 in Maastricht to John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg. She was his second wife. She had eight children:

  1. William Frederick (16 August 1691 in Arolsen 28 July 1720 in Saalfeld)
  2. Charles Ernest (Saalfeld, 12 September 1692 in Saalfeld 30 December 1720 in Cremona)
  3. Sophie Wilhelmine (9 August 1693 in Saalefld 4 December 1727 in Rudolstadt), married on 8 February 1720 to Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
  4. Henriette Albertine (8 July 1694 in Saalfeld 1 April 1695 in Saalfeld)
  5. Louise Emilie (24 August 1695 in Saalfeld 21 August 1713 in Coburg)
  6. Charlotte (30 October 1696 in Saalfeld Saalfeld, 2 November 1696 in Saalfeld)
  7. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (25 September 1697 in Saalefeld 16 September 1764 in Rodach)
  8. Henriette Albertine (20 November 1698 in Saalfeld 5 February 1728 in Coburg)

Via Francis Josias, she was a great-great-grandmother of King Leopold I of Belgium and a great-great-great-grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

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