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Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia
Luise in 1780
Born29 January 1722
Schloss Bevern, Weser
Died13 January 1780(1780-01-13) (aged 57)
Schloss Oranienburg, Berlin, Prussia
SpouseAugustus William of Prussia
IssueFrederick William II of Prussia
Prince Henry
Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange
FatherFerdinand Albert II
MotherAntoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Luise Amalie; 29 January 1722 – 13 January 1780) was daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Background

She was born at the Schloss Bevern near Holzminden/Weser. She was the seventh of fourteen children. Her parents were second cousins.

Marriage

On 6 January 1742 she married Prince Augustus William of Prussia, second son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. Prince Augustus William was a younger brother of the reigning Frederick the Great, whose spouse, Luise's own sister, gave him no children. As such, her son was to inherit the Prussian throne in 1786. In her widowhood, she was given the Crown Prince's Palace in Berlin.

Family

Her older sister was Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of Frederick the Great. She was also the sibling of the Queen of Denmark and Norway and the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Issue

Ancestors

Template:Ancestors of Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 29 January 1722 - 6 January 1742 Her Serene Highness Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
  • 6 January 1742 - 13 January 1780 Her Royal Highness Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia

See also