Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg
Deceased Person
1715 – 1800
Who was Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg?
Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg, was a Countess regnant of Aldenburg; she was the ruler of Aldenburg in 1738–1748. She was the daughter of count Anton II of Aldenburg and Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse-Homburg.
She married the Dutch noble Willem Bentinck van Rhoon in 1733, but lived in 1737–1748 in a relationship with count Albrecht Wolfgang of Schaumburg-Lippe, something which caused a great scandal in contemporary Germany. In 1748, she was deposed and her throne taken by her spouse, and she lived the rest of her life separated from her legitimate family. She made many visits to the courts of Europe seeking support to retake her throne, but was treated like an outcast. In 1767, she took up residence in Hamburg, where she lived in simplicity with her natural son.
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