Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst


Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst, was a German noblewoman member of the House of Ascania and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar.
Born in Zerbst, she was the eleventh of fourteen children born from the marriage of John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp. Of her thirteen older and younger siblings, only four survived to adulthood: Karl William, Anthony Günther, John Adolph and John Louis.

Life

In Zerbst on 11 October 1685, Sophie Auguste married Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. They had five children, of whom only two survive adulthood:
  1. John William, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Weimar.
  2. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, later inherited Eisenach and Jena.
  3. Eleonore Christiane.
  4. Johanna Auguste.
  5. Johanna Charlotte.
Sophie Auguste died in Weimar, aged 31. She was buried in the Fürstengruft, Weimar.