Charles Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
| Charles Louis | |
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| Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | |
| Born | 16 May 1723 Schaumburg |
| Died | 20 August 1806 (aged 83) Schaumburg |
| Spouse | Benjamine Gertrude Keiser Amalie Eleonore of Solms-Braunfels |
| Issue | Victoria Hedwig Karoline de Mahy, marquise de Favras Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym William Louis Alexius Klemens Sophie Charlotte Karoline Ulrike |
| House | House of Ascania |
| Father | Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym |
| Mother | Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein |
Prince Charles Louis of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; Schaumburg, 16 May 1723 – Schaumburg, 20 August 1806), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.
He was the third (but second surviving) son of Victor I Amadeus Adolph, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, by his first wife Charlotte Louise, daughter of Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and Countess Anna Amalie of Isenburg-Wächtersbach.
Life
The death of his elder brother the Hereditary Prince Christian in 1758 made him the new heir of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Fourteen years later, in 1772, Charles Louis succeeded his father in the government of the principality.
Marriages and Issue
First marriage
When Charles Louis was a young officer in a regiment in the service of the Netherlands, he fell in love with Benjamine Gertrude Keiser [also called Kaiserinn or Keyser] (b. Stevensweert, 1 January 1729 - d. Belleville, near Paris, 6 January 1787), daughter of a Dutch captain. Without the consent of his father, Charles Louis married her in Stevensweert on 25 March 1748. They had one daughter:
- Victoria Hedwig Karoline (b. Stevensweert, 9 January 1749 - d. Louis XVIII of France.
The marriage was declared null and void by a court in
Second marriage
In Braunfels on 12 December 1765 Charles Louis married Princess Amalie Eleonore (b. Braunfels, 22 November 1734 - d. Schaumburg, 19 April 1811), daughter of Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels and his second wife Countess Sophia Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Utphe. They had five children:
- Nassau-Weilburg(August 7, 1776 - February 19, 1841) on October 29, 1793.
- William Louis (b. Schaumburg, 19 April 1771 - killed in action, Stockach, 25 March 1799).
- Alexius Klemens (b. Schaumburg, 19 August 1772 - d. Schaumburg, 12 July 1776).
- Sophie Charlotte (b. Schaumburg, 29 September 1773 - d. Schaumburg, 25 February 1774).
- Karoline Ulrike (b. Schaumburg, 22 September 1775 - d. Schaumburg, 4 March 1782).
Ancestry
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References
Bibliography
- Christian von Stramburg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach: Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius ..., Teil 2, Band 3, p. 308 ff.
- Ferdinand Siebigk: Das Herzogthum Anhalt, p. 243, Dessau, 1867
- Philipp Ernst Bertram, Johann C. Krause: Geschichte des Hauses und Fürstenthums Anhalt, Band 2, p. 644, Curt, 1782
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