Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern

Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern, born 2 October 1699 at Gedern, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, in the then Holy Roman Empire, was a daughter of Ludwig Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern, and Princess Christine of Mecklenburg-Gustrow. She died at König, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt, on 31 January 1750, at age 51.^[1]

Family

She married Georg August, Count of Erbach Schönberg, on 27 June 1719 at Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg, and had thirteen children.

1. Christine, Countess of Erbach Schonberg (b. Schönberg, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt, 5 May 1721 - d. Eschleiz, Reuss-Juengere-Linie, Thuringia, 26 November 1769), married in Schönberg on 2 October 1742 to Heinrich XII, Count of Reuss Schleiz.
2. Georg Ludwig II, Count of Erbach Schonberg (b. Schönberg, 27 January 1723 - d. Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, 11 February 1777), married in Plön on 11 November 1764 to Friederike, Princess of Holstein Sonderburg Plön.
3. Franz Karl, Count of Erbach (b. Schönberg, 28 July 1724 - d. Schönberg, 29 September 1788), married in Bergheim, Oberhesse, Hesse-Darmstadt on 4 September 1778 to Auguste Karoline, Countess of Isenburg.
4. Christian Adolf, Count of Erbach (b. Gedern, 23 August 1725 - d. Gedern, 29 March 1726).
5. Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg (b. Gedern, 20 August 1727 - d. Ebersdorf, 22 April 1796), married Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf, on 28 June 1754 in Thurnau, Bavaria.
6. Christian, Count of Erbach (b. Gedern, 7 October 1728 - d. Mergentheim, 29 May 1799).
7. Auguste Friederike, Countess of Erbach (b. Schönberg, 20 March 1730 - d. Thurnau, 5 September 1801), married in Schönberg on 13 September 1753 to Christian Count von Giech-Wolfstein.
8. Georg August, Count of Erbach (b. Schönberg, 9 March 1731 - d. König, 8 February 1799).
9. Karl, Count of Erbach Schonberg (b. Schönberg, 10 February 1732 - d. Schönberg, 29 July 1816) married in Cernetice, Strakonice, Czechoslovakia on 1 July 1783 to Marie Josefina Viktoria Anna Zadubska.
10. Friedrich, Count of Erbach (b. Schönberg, 22 January 1733 - d. Schönberg, 6 April 1733).
11. Louise Leonore, Countess of Erbach (b. Schönberg, 26 August 1735 - d. Schönberg, 23 January 1816), married on 6 July 1750 to Leopold Casimir, Count von Rechteren.
12. Kasimir, Count of Erbach (b. Schönberg, 27 September 1736 - d. Prague, Czechoslovakia, 6 April 1760).
13. Gustav Ernst, Count of Erbach Schönberg (b. Schönberg, 27 April 1739 - d. Zwingenberg, 6 April 1760), married in Rotteberode on 3 August 1753 to Princess Henriette of Stolberg-Stolberg.

References

1. ^ "ludwig christian count of stolberg gedern", E-family tree. Retrieved 2011-07-05.

External links

• Royalty Pages