Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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| Charles Frederick | |
|---|---|
| File:Karl Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.jpg | |
| Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | |
| Reign | 1828–1853 |
| Predecessor | Charles Augustus |
| Successor | Charles Alexander |
| Born | 2 February 1783 Weimar |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Schloss Belvedere, Weimar |
| Spouse | Maria Pavlovna of Russia |
| Issue | Prince Charles Marie, Princess Charles of Prussia Augusta, German Empress; Queen of Prussia Charles Alexander |
| House | House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Father | Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Mother | Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Charles Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (German: Karl Friedrich, Großherzog Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) (2 February 1783 – 8 July 1853) was a Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Biography
Born in Weimar, he was the eldest son of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Charles Frederick succeeded his famous father as Grand Duke when he died, in 1828. His capital, Weimar, continued to be a cultural center of Central Europe, even after the death of Goethe, in 1832. Johann Nepomuk Hummel made his career in Weimar as Kapellmeister until his death in 1837. Franz Liszt settled in Weimar in 1848 as Kapellmeister and gathered about him a circle that kept the Weimar court a major musical centre. Due to the intervention of Liszt, the composer Richard Wagner found refuge in Weimar after he was forced to flee Saxony for his role in the revolutionary disturbances there in 1848-49. Wagner's opera Lohengrin was first performed in Weimar in August 1850.
Charles Frederick died at Schloss Belvedere, Weimar, in 1853 and was buried in the Weimarer Fürstengruft.
Family and children
In St. Petersburg on 3 August 1804, Charles Frederick married the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Paul I.[1][2] They had four children:
- Paul Alexander Karl Constantin Frederick August (b. Weimar, 25 September 1805 – d. Weimar, 10 April 1806).
- Marie Luise Alexandrine (b. Weimar, 3 February 1808 – d. Berlin, 18 January 1877), married on 26 May 1827 to Karl of Prussia.
- Marie Luise Augusta Katharine (b. Weimar, 30 September 1811 – d. Berlin, 7 January 1890), married on 11 June 1829 to Wilhelm of Prussia, who became Wilhelm I, German Emperor.
- Karl Alexander August Johann, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b. Weimar, 24 June 1818 – d. Weimar, 5 January 1901), married on 8 October 1842 to Sophie of the Netherlands.
Ancestry
References
| Preceded by | Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1828–1853 |
Succeeded by Karl Alexander |
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- 1783 births
- 1853 deaths
- People from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Princes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Protestant monarchs
- People from Weimar
- Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
