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Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst (9 March 1663 – 14 September 1694), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Ascania and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar. Born in Zerbst, she was the eleventh of fourteen children born from the marriage of John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp.
- Catherine The Great
Catherine was born on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, Province of...
- Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst
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- Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (10 June 1898 – 22 May...
- Catherine The Great
Catherine was born on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, as Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica (Sophie Auguste Friederike) von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg. Her mother was Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. Her father, Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, belonged to the ruling German family of Anhalt.
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Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst (9 March 1663 – 14 September 1694), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Ascania and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
- Early Life and Family
- First Marriage and Divorce
- After The Divorce
- Second Marriage and Divorce
- Death
On 10 June 1898, Marie-Auguste was born in Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Germany, to the then Prince Eduard of Anhalt and his wife Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg.[citation needed] Her father would not succeed his brother Frederick II until 1918, the year he also died.Her paternal grandparents were Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoin...
On 11 March 1916 in Berlin, Marie-Auguste married Prince Joachim of Prussia, the youngest son of German Emperor Wilhelm II. She and Joachim, who was Wilhelm's last unmarried child, had been officially engaged since 14 October of the previous year. The wedding was celebrated at Bellevue Palace, and was attended by Joachim's father and mother Empress...
On 18 July 1920, very shortly after the divorce, Joachim shot himself in Potsdam. One source reports that he had been in financial straits and suffered from "great mental depression". His own brother Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussiacommented that he suffered from "a fit of excessive dementia". After Joachim's suicide, Marie-Auguste's son Karl Fran...
On 27 September 1926, she married Johannes-Michael Freiherr von Loën (b. 1902), a childhood friend. They were divorced in 1935, and Marie-Auguste reverted to her maiden name.[citation needed] On 1 May 1934, she joined the Nazi Party. In 1980, Princess Marie-Auguste legally adopted the businessman Hans Lichtenberg, who subsequently took the name Fré...
Princess Marie-Auguste died on 22 May 1983 at Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.[citation needed]
In 1745 Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst married Peter, Crown Prince of Russia, the heir apparent to the Russian throne. As Catherine II (the Great) she herself reigned as Empress of Russia from 9 July [ O.S. 28 June] 1762 until 17 November [ O.S. 6 November] 1796).
Sophie Auguste d'Anhalt-Zerbst (9 mars 1663 – 14 septembre 1694), est une noble allemande, membre de la Maison d'Ascanie et par mariage duchesse de Saxe-Weimar. Née à Zerbst , elle est le onzième des quatorze enfants nés du mariage de Jean VI d'Anhalt-Zerbst et Sophie-Augusta de Holstein-Gottorp .
