the Dutch East Indies. Bernhard's son, William Augustus Edward, known as Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (1823–1902), entered the British army and ended his career as a field marshal. Karl August's only surviving daughter, Caroline Louise, married Frederick Ludwig, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and was the mother of Helene (1814–1858), wife of Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, eldest son of Louis Philippe I, King of France. Ancestry Children Karl August and Luise Auguste had seven children: Luise Auguste Amalie (b. Weimar, 3 February 1779 – d. Weimar, 24 March 1784). a daughter (b. and d. Weimar, 10 September 1781). Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b. Weimar, 2 February 1783 – d. Schloss Belvedere, near Weimar, 8 July 1853). a son (b. and d. Weimar, 26 February 1785). Caroline Louise (b. Weimar, 18 July 1786 – d. Ludwigslust, 20 January 1816), married on 1 July 1810 to Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. a son (b. and d. Weimar, 13 April 1789). Karl Bernhard (b. Weimar, 30 May 1792 – d. Liebenstein, 31 July 1862). In addition, Karl August acknowledged five children by him born out of wedlock: With Eva Dorothea Wiegand (b. 1755 – d. 1828) Johann Karl Sebastian Klein (b. Stützerbach, 9 June 1779 – d. Weimar, 28 June 1830), married on 22 April 1817 to Anna Fredericka Henriette Müller. They had three sons who possibly died young. With Luise Rudorf (b. 1777 – d. 1852) Karl Wilhelm of Knebel (b. Templin, 18 January 1796 – d. Jena, 16 November 1861), married firstly on 6 February 1825 to Fredericka of Geusau, with whom he had one son, who died in infancy, before they divorced in 1837; secondly he married on 14 May 1839 Josephine Karoline Emilie Trautmann, with whom he had one son and two daughters. With Karoline Jagemann (b. 1777 – d. 1848), created Frau von Heygendorf Karl Wolfgang of Heygendorff (b. Weimar, 25 December 1806 – d. Dresden, 17 February 1895) August of Heygendorff (b. Weimar, 10 August 1810 – d. Dresden, 23 January 1874). Mariana of Heygendorff (b. Weimar, 8 April 1812 – d. The Hague, 10 August 1836), married on 15 October 1835 to Daniel, Baron Tindal. Notes References This work in turn cites: External links |- 1757 births 1828 deaths Nobility from Weimar Protestant monarchs Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Karl August Dukes of Saxe-Weimar Dukes of Saxe-Eisenach 18th-century German people German commanders of