Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
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Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (German: Philippine Charlotte von Preußen) (born Berlin, 13 March 1716; died Brunswick, 17 February 1801) was the fourth child and third daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.
On 2 July 1733 in Berlin, Princess Philippine Charlotte married Duke Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, eldest son of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Charles inherited the dukedom on his father's death in 1735.
Charles and Philippine had thirteen children[1] :
- Charles William Ferdinand (9 October 1735 - 10 November 1806), married Princess Augusta Frederika of Wales, a sister of George III of Great Britain
- Georg Franz (29 September 1736 - 10 December 1737)
- Christian Ludwig (13 November 1738 - 12 April 1742)
- Sofie Karoline (7 October 1737 - 21 December 1817), married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- Anna Amalia (24 October 1739 - 10 April 1807), married Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Frederick Augustus (29 October 1740 - 8 October 1805)
- Albrecht Heinrich (26 February 1742 - 8 August 1761), died childless
- Luise (18 December 1743 - 22 February 1744)
- Wilhelm Adolf (18 May 1745 - 24 August 1770), died childless
- Elizabeth Christine Ulrike (8 November 1746 - 18 February 1840), married King Frederick William II of Prussia (divorced)
- Friederike (8 April 1748 - 22 January 1758)
- Augusta Dorothea, Abbess of Gandersheim (2 October 1749 - 10 March 1803)
- Maximilian Julius Leopold (11 October 1752 - 24 April 1785), died childless
[edit] References
- ^ Genealogy Index: Welf 6. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.