Princess Christine Elisabeth | |
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Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar | |
Tenure | 1662–1679 |
Born | Sonderburg | 23 June 1638
Died | 7 June 1679 Weimar | (aged 40)
Spouse | John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
Issue | Anna Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg Wilhelmine Christine, Countess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Eleonore Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
House | Oldenburg |
Father | John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg |
Mother | Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst |
Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (23 June 1638 – 7 June 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
Born in Sonderburg, she was the second of the four children born from the marriage of John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Countess Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst. From her three older and younger siblings, two survive adulthood: Dorothea Auguste (by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt) and Christian Adolph, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.[1][better source needed][2]