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Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

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Princess Christine Louise
Princess Christine Louise
Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Reign1731-1735
PredecessorElisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg
SuccessorAntoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born(1671-03-20)20 March 1671
Oettingen
Died3 September 1747(1747-09-03) (aged 76)
Blankenberg
SpouseLouis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
HouseHouse of Oettingen-Oettingen
FatherAlbert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
MotherDuchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg

Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (Oettingen, 20 March 1671 – Blankenberg 3 September 1747) was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the maternal grandmother of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia, Queen Juliane Marie of Denmark and Norway and Tsar Peter II of Russia; the maternal great-grandmother of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Tsar Ivan VI of Russia and Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; the maternal great-great-grandmother of King Leopold I of Belgium and the maternal great-great-great-grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Biography

Christine Louise was the third daughter of Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen and Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg (daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg).

She married Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg at Aurich in 1690. They had the following children who reached adulthood:

The marriages of her three daughters were arranged by her ambitious father-in-law, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
16. Gottfried of Oettingen
8. Ludwig Eberhard of Oettingen
17. Johanne of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
4. Joachim Ernst of Oettingen
18. George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg
9. Margarethe of Erbach
19. Anna of Solms-Laubach
2. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen
20. Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
10. Kraft of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
21. Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg
5. Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Gleichen
22. Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
11. Sophie of Birkenfeld
23. Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1. Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
24. Frederick I of Württemberg
12. John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg
25. Sibylla of Anhalt
6. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
26. Joachim III Frederick of Brandenburg
13. Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg
27. Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin
3. Christine of Württemberg
28. Otto I of Salm-Morchingen-Kyrburg
14. Johann Kasimir of Salm-Kyrburg
29. Ottilie of Nassau-Weilburg
7. Anna Dorothea of Salm-Kyrburg
30. Johann Georg I of Solms-Laubach
15. Dorothea of Solms-Laubach
31. Margarete of Schönburg-Glauchau

Sources

German nobility
Preceded by Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1731–1735
Vacant
Title next held by
Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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