Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia

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Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Spouse	Duke Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Issue
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Georg Franz Christian Ludwig Sofie Karoline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Frederick Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Albrecht Heinrich Luise William Adolf Elizabeth Christine Ulrike, Crown Princess of Prussia Friederike Augusta Dorothea, Abbess of Gandersheim Maximilian Julius Leopold
Noble family	House of Hohenzollern
Father	Frederick William I of Prussia
Mother	Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
Born	13 March 1716(1716-03-13) Berlin
Died	17 February 1801 (aged 84) Brunswick

Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (German: Philippine Charlotte von Preußen) (born Berlin, 13 March 1716; died Brunswick, 17 February 1801) was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.

Contents 1 Family 2 Marriage and children 3 Ancestry 4 References

[edit] Family

She was the fourth child and third daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was a sister of Frederick II of Prussia, Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden, and Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of George I of Great Britain. This thus made her a niece of George II of Great Britain and a cousin of Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne, Princess of Orange, and Queen Louise of Denmark and Norway.

[edit] Marriage and children

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] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia

16. George William, Elector of Brandenburg               8. Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg                       17. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate               4. Frederick I of Prussia                             18. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange               9. Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau                       19. Amalia of Solms-Braunfels               2. Frederick William I of Prussia                                   20. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               10. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover                       21. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt               5. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover                             22. Frederick V, Elector Palatine               11. Sophia of Hanover                       23. Princess Elizabeth of England               1. Philippine Charlotte of Prussia                                         24. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg =20               12. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover = 10                       25. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt = 21               6. George I of Great Britain                             26. Frederick V, Elector Palatine = 22               13. Sophia of Hanover = 11                       27. Princess Elizabeth of England = 23               3. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover                                   28. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg = 20               14. George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       29. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt = 21               7. Sophia Dorothea of Celle                             30. Alexander II d'Esnier, Marquis de Desmiers               15. Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse                       31. Jacquette Poussard de Vendre

[edit] References

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