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Elizabeth Albertine, Princess Of Saxe-hildburghausen




She was born a daughter of Ernst Frederick I, Duke Of Saxe-Hildburghausen ( 16811724 ) and his wife Sophia Albertine, Countess Of Erbach ( 1683 - 1742 ). However some have suggested Elizabeth to be an illegitimate daughter of Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal .


MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN

On 5 February , 1735 , Elizabeth was married to Charles Louis Frederick Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( 23 February , 1707 - 5 June , 1752 ) , the youngest son of Adolf Friedrich II Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and half-brother to Adolf Friedrich III . They became parents to ten children:


MATERNAL DESCENT

Her paternity has been questioned by Genealogist s but her maternal descent has been traced with certainty to Margarita De Castro E Sousa , a Portuguese noblewoman of the 15th Century . Castro could trace her own descent to Afonso III Of Portugal and a mistress of his called Madragana (Mor Afonso) , daughter of the Mozarab ( Iberian Christian s living under Muslim domination) governor of Faro , Aloandro Ben Bekar .

A simplified descent can be described below.

Elizabeth was an eighth-generation descedant of Margarita de Castro e Sousa (d. 1483 ). Margarita was married to Jean II, count of Neufchetel (c. 1414 - 1489 ) and was mother to his heir Fernando de Neufchetel, Count of Neufchatel-Marnay (c. 1477 - 1522 ).

Fernando was married to Claude de Vergy (c. 1476 - 1512 ). They were parents to daughter Antoinette de Neufchettel (d. 1544 ). Antoinette became consort to Philippe de Salm - Dhaun ( 1492 - 1521 ).

They were parents to (among others) Marguerite de Salm-Dhaun ( 1521 - 1576 ). Marguerite was a consort of Eberhard XIV von Erbach ( 1511 - 1564 ). They were parents to his successor Georg III, Count of Erbach ( 1548 - 1605 ).

Georg III was married twice. His second wife Mary von Barby, Countess of Barby -Muhlingen ( 1563 - 1619 ) was mother to his successor Georg Albrecht I, Count of Erbach ( 1597 - 1647 / 1649 ).

Georg Albrecht I was married to Elizabeth Dorothea, Princess of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst ( 1617 - 1655 ). They were parents to his succesor Georg Ludwig I, Count of Erbach ( 1643 - 1693 ).

Georg Ludwig I was married to Amalie Katharine, Princess of Waldeck-Eisenberg ( 1640 - c. 1699 ). They were the maternal grandparents of Elizabeth Albertine.