Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar

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{{short description|18th-century German noblewoman}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Princess Ernestine Albertine

| image = Duchess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Ernestine Albertine in 1755

| succession = Countess consort of Lippe-Alverdissen

| reign = 6 May 1756 – 25 November 1769

| spouse = Philip II, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen

| issue = Count Clemens August
Count Karl Wilhelm
Count Georg Karl
Countess Friederike Antoinette

| house = Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

| father = Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

| mother = Princess Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1722|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Weimar, Saxe-Weimar
Holy Roman Empire

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1769|11|25|1722|12|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Lippe-Alverdissen
Holy Roman Empire

| burial_place =

|}}

Ernestine Albertine, Countess of Lippe-Alverdissen (née Princess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar; 28 December 1722 – 25 November 1769) was the first wife and consort of Philip II, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen.

Biography

Princess Ernestine Albertine of Saxe-Weimar was born in Weimar on 28 December 1722 to Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen.

On 6 May 1756 she married Philip II, Count of Lippe-Alverdissen, becoming the Countess consort of Lippe-Alverdissen. They had four children:

  • Count Clemens August (1757-1757)
  • Count Karl Wilhelm (1759-1780)
  • Count Georg Karl (1760-1776)
  • Countess Friederike Antoinette (1762-1777)

Ernestine Albertine died on 25 November 1769 in Alverdissen, seven years before her husband succeeded his cousin, Wilhelm, as the Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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