Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was an 18th-century German duchess and regent of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, renowned as a major patron of the arts and a central figure of the Weimar Classical period.

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instanceOf duchess ⓘ
member of the House of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
patron of the arts ⓘ
regent ⓘ
burialPlace Weimar City Church (Stadtkirche St. Peter und Paul) ⓘ
child Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
Prince Frederick Ferdinand Constantine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1739-10-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1807-04-10 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1756-03-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Brunswick court ⓘ
endTime 1775 ⓘ
father Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
givenName Amalia ⓘ
Anna ⓘ
heritage German ⓘ
knownFor patronage of literature, music, and theater ⓘ
supporting the Weimar Classical period ⓘ
transforming Weimar into a leading cultural center ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French ⓘ
German ⓘ
mother Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia ⓘ
movement Weimar Classicism ⓘ
nobleTitle Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
notableWork development of the Weimar court as a cultural center ⓘ
founding and expansion of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library ⓘ
patronOf Christoph Martin Wieland ⓘ
Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
placeOfBirth Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
placeOfMarriage Braunschweig ⓘ
positionHeld Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
Regent of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
regencyFor Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Weimar ⓘ
Weimar City Castle ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Castle

Wittumspalais, Weimar ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick ⓘ
spouse Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
startTime 1758 ⓘ

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House of Brunswick-Bevern → hasMember → Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
Weimar Classicism → hasKeyFigure → Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
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Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → mother → Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) → sibling → Anna Amalia of Prussia ⓘ
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Duchess Anna Amalia Library → namedAfter → Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
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Duchess Anna Amalia Library → significantPersonAssociated → Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
Park an der Ilm → associatedWith → Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
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Park an der Ilm → commissionedBy → Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
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Weimar city cultural landscape → associatedWith → Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
linked to: Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel