Charlotte married
Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (later Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg), son of
Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his wife
Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, on 21 March 1769 in
Meiningen. Charlotte and Ernest had four children: • Ernest, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b.
Gotha, 27 February 1770 – d. Gotha, 3 December 1779). •
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 23 November 1772 – d. Gotha, 27 May 1822) •
Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 28 November 1774 – d. Gotha, 11 February 1825). • Prince Ludwig of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 21 October 1777 – d. Gotha, 26 October 1777). Charlotte's husband, Ernest, was regarded as an
enlightened monarch and a great patron of art and science, who led his country into a cultural flowering. He was assisted in his cultural undertakings by his wife, Charlotte. Like her husband, Charlotte was a
patron of
astronomy. She counted relief panels for the court
astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach and she also participated in observations. Charlotte also participated in the
first European congress of astronomers in 1798 at the
Seeberg Observatory and independently corresponded with the leading astronomers of her time. == Later life==