Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern


Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern, born 2 October 1699 at Gedern, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, then in the Holy Roman Empire, was a daughter of Louis Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern, and Duchess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. She died at König, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt, on 31 January 1750, at age 50.
Through her daughter Karoline she is a direct female line ancestor of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, King Michael of Romania, the last King of that country, King Felipe VI of Spain as well as of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Family

She married Georg August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg, on 27 June 1719 at Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg, and had thirteen children.
  1. Countess Christine of Erbach-Schonberg, married in Schönberg on 2 October 1742 to Heinrich XII, Count Reuss-Schleiz.
  2. Georg Ludwig II, Count of Erbach-Schonberg, married in Plön on 11 November 1764 to Duchess Friederike of Holstein Sonderburg-Plön.
  3. Count Franz Karl of Erbach, married in Bergheim, Oberhesse, Hesse-Darmstadt on 4 September 1778 to Countess Auguste Karoline of County of Isenburg|Isenburg.
  4. Christian Adolf, Count of Erbach.
  5. Countess [Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg , married Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss-Ebersdorf, on 28 June 1754 in Thurnau, Bavaria.
  6. Count Christian of Erbach.
  7. Countess Auguste Friederike of Erbach, married in Schönberg on 13 September 1753 to Christian Count von Giech-Wolfstein.
  8. Count Georg August of Erbach.
  9. Count Karl of Erbach-Schonberg married in Cernetice, Strakonice, Bohemia then Habsburg Monarchy, now Czech Republic, on 1 July 1783 to Marie Josefina Viktoria Anna Zadubska.
  10. Count Friedrich of Erbach.
  11. Countess Louise Leonore of Erbach, married on 6 July 1750 to Leopold Casimir, Count van Rechteren.
  12. Count Kasimir of Erbach.
  13. Count Gustav Ernst of Erbach-Schönberg , married in Rottleberode on 3 August 1753 to Princess Henriette of Stolberg-Stolberg.