Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764–1834)

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (13 October 1764 – 24 May 1834), was a German noblewoman, by birth member of the House of Stolberg and by her two marriages Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen and Württemberg.

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern
Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign5 June 1780 – 21 July 1782
Born(1764-10-13)13 October 1764
Gedern
Died24 May 1834(1834-05-24) (aged 69)
Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia
SpouseKarl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Duke Eugen of Württemberg
Issue
HouseStolberg
FatherChristian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern
MotherCountess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein

Early life

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Born in Gedern, she was the second child of Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (1725-1764) and his wife Countess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein (1736-1782). She was born three months after her father's death, on 21 July 1764.

Marriages and issue

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In Gedern on 5 June 1780, Louise married firstly Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Their childless union lasted only two years until Karl Wilhelm's death, on 21 July 1782.

Five years later, on 21 January 1787 in Meiningen, Louise married secondly Duke Eugen, the third child of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg. They had five children:

Louise died in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia, aged sixty-nine, having survived her second husband and two of her children.

Not to be confused with her cousin, Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752-1824), wife of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite titular King of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764–1834)
Born: 13 October 1764 Died: 24 May 1834
Royal titles
Preceded by Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen
1780-1782
Vacant
Title next held by
Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg