Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode

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Christian Ernest
Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Exlibris of Christian Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
Born	2 April 1691 Gedern
Died	25 October 1771(1771-10-25) (aged 80) Wernigerode
Noble family	House of Stolberg
Spouse(s)	Sophie Charlotte, Countess of Leiningen-Westerburg
Issue	Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Father	Louis Christian, Count of Stolberg
Mother	Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Christian Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, (2 April 1691, Gedern – 25 October 1771, Wernigerode) was a German politician and a member of the House of Stolberg. From 1710 to 1771 he governed County of Wernigerode in the Harz mountains, which in 1714 became a dependency of Brandenburg-Prussia.^[1]