Charlotte Amalie von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1736–1815 (age 79)
Princess and patroness
Biography
Princess Charlotte Amalie von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1736-1815) belonged to the august house that shaped the duchies of the Baltic region. Her life blended the responsibilities of high birth with the quiet attentions of a devoted patron of the arts and faith.
She spent her later years near Sønderborg, nurturing the chapel at the château with charitable works and thoughtful hospitality for clergy and visitors alike. Her interment in the chapel remembers a noblewoman whose calm presence reflected the stability of her lineage and her generous heart.