Emilie of Promnitz-Pless

Christine Johanna Emilie, Princess of Anhalt-Köthen (née Countess Christine Johanna Emilie of Promnitz-Pless; 15 September 1708 – 20 February 1732) was the second wife and consort of Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

Emilie
Princess consort of Anhalt-Köthen
Reign19 November 1728 – 20 February 1732
Born15 September 1708
Żary, Electorate of Saxony
Holy Roman Empire
Died20 February 1732(1732-02-20) (aged 23)
Köthen, Anhalt-Köthen
Holy Roman Empire
SpouseAugustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
IssueKarl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
Frederick Erdmann, Prince of Anhalt-Pless
Names
Christine Johanna Emilie
HousePromnitz (by birth)
Ascania (by marriage)
FatherErdmann II, Count of Promnitz
MotherAnna Maria of Saxe-Weissenfels

Biography

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Countess Christine Johanna Emilie of Promnitz-Pless was born on 15 September 1708 in Żary, to Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz and his wife, Princess Anna Maria of Saxe-Weissenfels (1683–1731), the third daughter of Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels and Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg.

On 14 January 1726, she married Prince Augustus Louis of Anhalt-Köthen in Żary. She was his second wife. His first wife, Agnes Wilhelmine von Wuthenau, with whom he was in a morganatic marriage, died in 1725.[1] Emilie and Augustus Louis had five children:[2][3]

On 19 November 1728, her husband succeeded his brother, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, as the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

Emilie died on 20 February 1732 in Köthen. Later that year, her husband married her sister, Anna Friederike of Promnitz-Pless.

References

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  1. ^ "Morganatic and Unequal Marriages in German Law". Heraldica.org. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. ^ "I233776: August Ludwig Fuerst v.Anhalt-Köthen". Archive.is. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Ascania 9". Genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 21 June 2019.