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See also:ANNA AMALIA (1739–1807) , duchess of Saxe–Weimar, daughter of See also:Charles I., See also:duke of See also:Brunswick-Wolfenbilttel, was See also:born at See also:Wolfenbuttel on the 24th of See also:October 1739, and married Ernest, duke of See also:Saxe-See also:Weimar, 1756. Her See also:husband died in 1758, lcaviug her See also:regent for their See also:infant son, Charles See also:Augustus. During the protracted minority she administered the affairs of the duchy with the greatest prudence, strengthening its resources and improving its position in spite of the troubles of the Seven Years' See also:War. She was a patroness of See also:art and literature, and attracted to Weimar many of the most eminent men in See also:Germany. See also:Wieland was appointed See also:tutor to her son; and the names of See also:Herder, See also:Goethe and See also:Schiller See also:shed an undying lustre on her See also:court. In 1775 she retired into private See also:life, her son having attained his See also:majority. In 1788 she set out on a lengthened tour through
See also:Italy, accompanied by Goethe. She died on the loth of See also:April 1807. A memorial of the duchess is included in Goethe's See also:works under the See also:title Zum Andenken der Fiirslin Anna-Amalia.
See F. Bornhak, Anna Amalia Herzogin von Saxe-Weimar-See also:Eisenach (See also:Berlin. 1892).
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