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Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein (24 October 1667 – 23 August 1737) was a Countess of Wolfstein and Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by marriage. == Life == Sophie Christiane was a daughter of Count Albrecht Frederick of Wolfstein (1644–1693) from his marriage to Sophia Louise (1645–1717), daughter of Count Georg Wolfgang of Castell-Remlingen. Sophie Christiane's maternal uncle was married to an aunt of Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf and Sophie Christiane was consequently raised strictly religiously in the a Pietist manner. On 14 August 1687 she married Margrave Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1661–1708), at Obersulzbürg castle. The margrave's court at Bayreuth felt that his spouse was "not befitting" (i.e. not of high enough birth to marry a member of a ruling family). After the birth of their first child, the family moved into the castle at Schönberg, where Sophie Christiane, who was described as "admirable"〔''Archiv für Geschichte von Oberfranken'', vol. 5-6, 1851, p. 27 (Digitized )〕 took care of raising her children. She composed a prayer book, the so-called ''Schönberger Gesangbuch'', containing the prayers used in the daily "prayer meeting".〔Barbara Becker-Cantarino: ''Daphnis: Zeitschrift fur Mittlere Deutsche Literatur und Kultur der Fruhen Neuzeit'', vol. 31, Rodopi, 2004, p. 598〕 In 1703, Christian Heinrich and King Frederick I of Prussia concluded the Treaty of Schönberg, in which Christian Heinrich ceded Brandenburg-Ansbach to Prussia in exchange for the Weferlingen district near Magdeburg. The family then moved to Weferlingen Castle. After her husband's death, her son-in-law, King Christian VI of Denmark, invited her to Denmark, which became a Pietist refuge.〔August Tholuck: ''Geschichte des Rationalismus'', Wiegandt und Grieben, 1865, S. 70〕 Sophie Christiane died in 1667 and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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