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Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

1739–1807 · 18th century

Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and regent for her son Charles Augustus from 1758 to 1775. A niece of Frederick the Great and a composer herself, she invited Christoph Martin Wieland to Weimar as tutor and made her court a centre of literature and music. Her library, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, is part of the Classical Weimar UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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Duchy of Saxe-WeimarDuchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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