Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (25 September 1715 – 4 February 1772) was a princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym by birth and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage.

Early life Victoria Charlotte was a daughter of Prince Victor I of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym from his first marriage to Countess Charlotte Louise of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein, eldest daughter of Count William Maurice of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and Countess Anna Amalia of Isenburg-Büdingen (1653-1700).

Biography On 26 April 1732 she married the later Margrave Frederick Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1708–1769) in Schaumburg. After the wedding the couple moved into the New Castle in Neustadt an der Aisch at the request Frederick Christian's brother George Frederick Charles.

The marriage ended in divorce in 1764, a year after Frederick Christian succeeded his brother as Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. The couple had already lived separately since 1739 because Frederick Christian was very jealous. Victoria Charlotte spent the last years of her life in humble conditions in Halle.

Issue From her marriage, Victoria Charlotte had two daughters: Christiane Sophie Charlotte (1733–1757) married in 1757 Duke Ernest Frederick III Carl of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727–1780) Sophie Magdalene (12 January 1737 – 23 July 1737), died as a baby

Death Princess Victoria Charlotte died 4 February 1772 in schloss Schaumburg, aged 56. Her body was buried in the Melander Crypt in Holzappel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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