Brief Life History of Friederike Sophia Dorothea
When Prinzessin Friederike Sophia Dorothea von Brandenburg-Schwedt was born on 18 December 1736, in Schwedt, Schwedt Oder, Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany, her father, Markgraf Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg- Schwedt, was 35 and her mother, Princess Sophia Dorothea Maria von Preußen, was 17. She married Friedrich Eugen Heinrich von Württemberg II on 2 November 1753, in Schwedt Herrschaft, Angermünde, Brandenburg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 9 March 1798, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 61, and was buried in Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Germany.
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- Friederike Sophie Dorothea von Brandenburg-Schwedt, "Find A Grave Index"
- Friderica Dorothea Sophia Zu Schwedt in entry for Friderich Eugen von Wurtemberg, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"
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Name Meaning
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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