Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg, was a German noblewoman member of the House of Oldenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz.
Born in Homburg vor der Höhe, she was the third of fifteen children born from the second marriage of Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg with Anna Margaret of Hesse-Homburg. From her fourteen full-siblings, only seven survived adulthood: Frederick, Charles Louis, Eleanor Margaret, William Christian, Sophie Magdalene, Anna Fredericka Philippine and Johanna Magdalene Louise. In addition, she had two further older half-siblings from her father's first marriage with Catharina of Waldeck-Wildungen, of whom only one survived: Dorothea Elisabeth.Life
In Wiesenburg on 14 June 1676, Sophie Elisabeth married Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz as his third wife. They had no children.
Sophie Elisabeth died in Schleusingen aged 31. She was buried in the Hallenkrypta of the Dom St.Peter und Paul, Zeitz.
