Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
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Princess Christine Louise | |
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Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
Tenure | 23 March 1731 – 1 March 1735 |
Born | Oettingen | 20 March 1671
Died | 3 September 1747 Blankenberg | (aged 76)
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House | Oettingen-Oettingen |
Father | Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen |
Mother | Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg |
Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (20 March 1671 – 3 September 1747) was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the maternal grandmother of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, Emperor Peter II of Russia and also Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Early life
[edit]Christine Louise was born as the third daughter of Albert Ernest I, Prince of Öttingen-Öttingen (1642-1683) and his first wife, Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg (1644-1674), daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and his first wife Anna Katharina, Wild- and Rheingräfin of Salm-Kyrburg (1614-1655).
Marriage
[edit]She married Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg at Aurich in 1690. They had four daughters, but only three reached adulthood:
- Princess Elisabeth Christine (1691–1750), married Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
- Princess Charlotte Auguste (1692–1692)
- Princess Charlotte Christine (1694–1715), married Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son and heir.
- Antoinette Amalie, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762), who married in 1712 her cousin Prince Ferdinand Albert of Brunswick-Lüneburg, heir of her father.
The marriages of her three daughters were arranged by her ambitious father-in-law, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
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