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Princess Frederica of Prussia, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau

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Princess Frederica Wilhelmina
Duchess consort of Anhalt-Dessau
Born(1796-09-30)30 September 1796
Berlin
Died1 January 1850(1850-01-01) (aged 53)
Dessau
SpouseLeopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
IssueAgnes, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
Maria Anna, Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia
Names
German: Friederike Wilhelmine Luise Amalie
HouseHouse of Hohenzollern
House of Ascania
FatherPrince Louis Charles of Prussia
MotherFrederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Descendants of Frederick William II
Grandchildren
Prince Frederick
Prince Charles
Frederica, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
Princess Friederike
Princess Irene
Prince Tassilo
Prince Adalbert
Prince Tassilo
Princess Elisabeth
Prince Waldemar
Marie, Queen of Bavaria
Great-Grandchildren
Prince Alexander
Prince George

Princess Frederica Wilhelmina Louise Amalia of Prussia (30 September 1796 – 1 January 1850) was a daughter of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.[1] She was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. By her marriage to Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, she would become Duchess consort of Anhalt-Dessau.

Family

Frederica was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and his wife Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her father was a younger son of Frederick William II of Prussia. Due to her mother's later marriages, Frederica would have many half-siblings, including George V of Hanover.

Marriage and children

On 18 April 1818, Frederica married Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt in Berlin.[1][2] They had been engaged since 17 May 1816, as the connection had already been arranged by the Prussian court. This dynastic connection was an expression of Leopold's pro-Prussian policies.

They had six children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Princess Fredericka Amalie Auguste 28 November 1819 11 December 1822
Princess Fredericka Amalie Agnes 24 June 1824 23 October 1897 married on 28 April 1853 to Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.[2]
A son 3 August 1825 3 August 1825 he was either stillborn or died shortly after the birth.
A son 3 November 1827 3 November 1827 he was either stillborn or died shortly after the birth.
Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt 29 April 1831 24 January 1904 married on 22 April 1854 to Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg.[2]
Princess Maria Anna 14 September 1837 12 May 1906 married on 29 November 1854 to Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.[2]

Frederica died on 1 January 1850 in Dessau.[1][2] Leopold would die 21 years later, on 22 May 1871.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 30 September 1796 – 18 April 1818: Her Royal Highness Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia
  • 18 April 1818 - 1 January 1850: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
  • 27 November 1847 - 1 January 1850: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen

Ancestry

Family of Princess Frederica of Prussia, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
16. Frederick William I of Prussia
8. Prince Augustus William of Prussia
17. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
4. Frederick William II of Prussia
18. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
9. Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
19. Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
2. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia
20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
10. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
5. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
22. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
11. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
23. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1. Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia
24. Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg
12. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
25. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
6. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
26. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
13. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
27. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
3. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt =20
14. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg =21
7. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
30. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
15. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
31. Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

References

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  1. ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Friederike Wilhelmina Luise Amalie Prinzessin von Preußen". Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e Martin, pp. 187-188.

Sources

  • Martin, Frederick (1866). The Statesman's Year Book, 1866. London: Macmillan and Co.

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