Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (2 February 1783 – 1853) succeeded his famous father Carl August, in 1824. His capital, Weimar continued to be a cultural center of Central Europe, even after the death of Goethe (1832). Johann Nepomuk Hummel made his career in Weimar as Kapellmeister until his death in 1837. Franz Liszt settled in Weimar in 1848 as Kapellmeister and gathered about him a circle that kept the Weimar court a major musical centre.
In 1804, Charles Frederick married Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. They had the following children:
- Maria of Saxe-Weimar (1808 – 1877), married Prince Charles of Prussia (1801–1883)
- (Maria Luise) Augusta (30 September 1811 – 7 January 1890), married the prince Wilhelm of Prussia who became Wilhelm I of Germany, 11 June 1829.
- Carl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818 – 1901), married former Princess Sophia of The Netherlands (1824–1897). Father of four children. Princess Sophia and Grand Duke Carl Alexander were first cousins, being both maternal grandchildren of Tsar Paul I of Russia.
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