 She had written her last will and testament in 1821; it was rediscovered in the Saxon state archives in Dresden in 2001.In her will, she made it clear that, although she had not visited Essen after 1792, she was still interested in the wellbeing of her former principality and her staff.Many court officials received bequests, from her Hofmeister von Asbeck and his secretary down to the cook and the laundry lady, her personal physician Georg Brüning, her coachmen and outriders.