Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

| succession = Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

| reign = 2 December 1690 – 1 February 1699

| image = File:CharlotteJohannaWaldeckPiermont.jpg

| caption =

| consort = yes

| house = Waldeck

| father = Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

| mother = Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen

| spouse = John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

| issue = Sophia Wilhelmina, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

| birth_date = {{birth date|1664|12|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Arolsen

| death_date = {{death date and age|1699|2|1|1664|12|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hildburghausen

}}

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (13 December 1664 in Arolsen – 1 February 1699 in Hildburghausen) was a daughter of Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife, Wilhelmine Christine, a daughter of William of Nassau-Siegen.

Marriage and issue

She married on 2 December 1690 in Maastricht to John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg. She was his second wife. She had eight children:

  1. William Frederick (16 August 1691 in Arolsen – 28 July 1720 in Saalfeld)
  2. Charles Ernest (12 September 1692 in Saalfeld – 30 December 1720 in Cremona)
  3. Sophia Wilhelmina (9 August 1693 in Saalefld – 4 December 1727 in Rudolstadt), married on 8 February 1720 to Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
  4. Henriette Albertine (8 July 1694 in Saalfeld – 1 April 1695 in Saalfeld)
  5. Louise Emilie (24 August 1695 in Saalfeld – 21 August 1713 in Coburg)
  6. Charlotte (30 October 1696 in Saalfeld – 2 November 1696 in Saalfeld)
  7. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (25 September 1697 in Saalefeld – 16 September 1764 in Rodach)
  8. Henriette Albertine (20 November 1698 in Saalfeld – 5 February 1728 in Coburg)

She died in 1699 at the home of her brother-in-law Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.{{cite web |title=William III: May 1699 Pages 152-211 Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III, 1699-1700 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/will-mary/1699-1700/pp152-211 |website=British History Online |publisher=HMSO 1937 |access-date=30 December 2022}}

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