Princess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Duchess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 December 1670 – 28 December 1728) was a princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duchess in Saxony by birth, and by marriage a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.^[1]

Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Tenure	15 December 1710 - 24 June 1718
Born	(1670-12-22)22 December 1670
Died	28 December 1728(1728-12-28) (aged 58)
Spouse	Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Issue	Frederick Anton Princess Amalie Magdalene Sophie Louise Sophie Juliane William Louis Christiane Dorothea Albert Anton Emilie Juliane Anna Sophie Dorothea Sofie Louise Friederike Magdalene Sibylle Louis Günther II
House	Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Father	Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Mother	Magdalena Sybille of Saxe-Weissenfels

Ancestry

Born on 22 December 1670, she was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646–1691) and Magdalena Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648–1680).

Her father was a fourth-generation descendant of John Frederick, Elector of Saxony in direct male line. He was also a fourth-generation descendant of his wife Sybille of Cleves who was the daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, and older sister of both Anne of Cleves and Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

The Elector was the father of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530–1573). He married Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, daughter of Frederick III, Elector Palatine.

They were the parents of John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570–1605). He married Dorothea Maria of Anhalt, a granddaughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg and great-granddaughter of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.

John and Dorothea Maria were the parents of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg. He married his cousin Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. As a result, their son Frederick I inherited both Duchies as the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in 1675.

Marriage

She married Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (15 October 1667- 24 June 1718). They had 13 children:

• Frederick Anton
• Amalie Magdalene
• Sophie Louise
• Sophie Juliane
• William Louis
• Christiane Dorothea
• Albert Anton
• Emilie Juliane
• Anna Sophie
• Dorothea Sophie
• Louise Friederike
• Magdalene Sibylle
• Louis Günther II

Via her eponymous daughter, Anna Sophie was an ancestor of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their cousins Carlota of Mexico and Leopold II of Belgium.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

8. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar 4. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha 9. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt 2. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 10. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 5. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg 11. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1. Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 12. Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony 6. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels 13. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia 3. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels 14. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 7. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 15. Anna Maria of East Frisia