Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg, born 20 August 1727 at Gedern, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, in the then Holy Roman Empire, was a daughter of George August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg, and Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern. She died at Ebersdorf, Thuringia, on 22 April 1796, at age 68.
Through her daughter Augusta, she was the great grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Family
She married Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, on 28 June 1754 at Thurnau, Bavaria, and had seven children, all of them born at Ebersdorf, Reuss-Jüngere-Linie, Thüringia.| Name | Birth | Death | Spouse | Children |
| Heinrich XLVI, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf | 14 May 1755 | 18 April 1757 | ||
| Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf | 19 January 1757, Ebersdorf | 16 November 1831, Ebersdorf | Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Marianne Leopold I of Belgium Prince Francis Maximilian Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Countess Louise Christine Reuss of Ebersdorf | 2 June 1759, Ebersdorf | 5 December 1840, Lobenstein | Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz | |
| Heinrich LI, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf | 16 May 1761, Ebersdorf | 10 July 1822, Ebersdorf | ||
| Countess Ernestine Ferdinande Reuss of Ebersdorf | 28 April 1762, Ebersdorf | 19 May 1763, Ebersdorf | ||
| Heinrich LIII, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf | 24 May 1765, Ebersdorf | 28 June 1770, Ebersdorf | ||
| Countess Henriette Reuss of Ebersdorf | 9 May 1767, Ebersdorf | 3 September 1801, Coburg | Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen | Prince Friedrich Karl Heinrich Ludwig of Leiningen |