Sophie (Hessen-Philippsthal) Hesse-Philippsthal (1695 - 1728)

Born 6 Apr 1695 in Philippsthal

Ancestors

Wife of Peter August Friedrich (von Holstein) Schleswig-Sonderburg-Beck — married 5 Sep 1723 in Rinteln, Germany

Descendants

Died 8 May 1728 at age 33 in Marburg

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Sophie Hessen-Philippsthal was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Princess Sophie of Hesse-Philippsthal, was born on 6 April 1695 at Philippsthal, the ninth and youngest child of Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal and his wife, Catherine Amalie, Countess of Solms-Laubach.

She married at Rinteln on 5 September 1723, Peter August of Schleswig-Holstin-Sonderburg, who succeeded as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg in Beck in 1774

They had four children:

1. Carl Friedrich Ludwig, born in October 1724 at Rinteln, and baptised on 13 October at Lutheran Church in Rinteln, he died young in March 1726, on or before 19 of that month;
2. Ulrica Amalie Wilhelmine, born 20 May 1726 at Marburg, her fate is unknown, but she probably died young;
3. Carl Anton August, born 10 August 1727 Marburg;
4. Daughter, stillborn 8 May 1728 at Marburg.

Sophie died in childbirth on 8 May 1728 at Marburg.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Some sources, state she died 9 May, but Huberty et al, quote an official announcement of her death as being on 8 May

• Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F, & B., L'Allemagne Dynastique: Tome 1 - Hesse-Reuss-Saxe, Le Perreux: Alain Giraud, 1976.

• Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F, & B., L'Allemagne Dynastique: Tome 7 - Oldenbourg & Familles alliees H-L, Le Perreux-sur-Marne: Alain Giraud, 1994.