Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg, born 20 August 1727 (20 July, according to other sources) at Gedern, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, in the then Holy Roman Empire, was a daughter of George August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg, and Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolberg-Gedern. She died at Ebersdorf, Thuringia, on 22 April 1796, at age 68.
Family She married Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, on 28 June 1754 at Thurnau, Bavaria, and had seven children, all of them born at Ebersdorf, Reuss-Jüngere-Linie, Thüringia.
NameBirthDeathSpouseChildren Heinrich XLVI, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf14 May 175518 April 1757 Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf 19 January 1757, Ebersdorf 16 November 1831, EbersdorfDuke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-SaalfeldPrincess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-SaalfeldPrincess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-SaalfeldPrincess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-SaalfeldErnest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPrince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPrincess MarianneLeopold I of BelgiumPrince Francis MaximilianPrincess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (mother of Victoria of the United Kingdom) Countess Louise Christine Reuss of Ebersdorf2 June 1759, Ebersdorf 5 December 1840, Lobenstein Prince Heinrich XLIII of Reuss-Köstritz Heinrich LI, Prince Reuss of Ebersdorf 16 May 1761, Ebersdorf 10 July 1822, Ebersdorf Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and EbersdorfPrincess Adelheid Reuss of Ebersdorf (wife of Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line) Countess Ernestine Ferdinande Reuss of Ebersdorf 28 April 1762, Ebersdorf19 May 1763, Ebersdorf Heinrich LIII, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf24 May 1765, Ebersdorf28 June 1770, Ebersdorf Countess Henriette Reuss of Ebersdorf9 May 1767, Ebersdorf3 September 1801, CoburgEmich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen Prince Friedrich Karl Heinrich Ludwig of Leiningen
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