Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach


Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach, was a German noblewoman member of the House of Zähringen and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach.
Born at Karlsburg Castle in Karlsruhe, Durlach, she was the oldest of the four children of Prince Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach and Anna Sophia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Life

The only surviving child of her parents, in Wolfenbüttel on 27 February 1697 she married Prince John William of Saxe-Eisenach as his second wife. One year later, her husband inherited the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach after his brother's death without issue.
During her marriage, Christine Juliane gave birth seven children, of whom only three survived to adulthood:
  1. Johannetta Antoinette Juliane, married on 9 May 1721 to Prince Johann Adolf of Saxe-Weissenfels.
  2. Caroline Christine, married on 24 November 1725 to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal.
  3. Anton Gustav.
  4. Charlotte Wilhelmine Juliane, unmarried.
  5. Johannetta Wilhelmine Juliane.
  6. Charles William.
  7. Charles August.
One month after her last childbirth, Christine Juliane died in Eisenach, aged 28. She was buried in the Georgenkirche, Eisenach.