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Consort 20 May 1795 – 23 December 1797 Born 18 December 1736
Schwedt ( 1736-12-18 ) Issue Frederick, King of Wurttemberg
Duke Louis
Sophia Dorothea, Empress of Russia
Duke William
Friederika, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp
Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria
Duke Alexander House House of Wurttemberg
House of Brandenburg-Schwedt Father Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt Mother Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia Died March 9, 1798, Stuttgart, Germany Spouse Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Wurttemberg (m. 1753) Children Maria Feodorovna, Frederick I of Wurttemberg Parents Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia Grandchildren Alexander I of Russia, Nicholas I of Russia Similar People Maria Feodorovna, Frederick William - Margrave, Louis - Duke of Wurttemberg, Prince Paul of Wurttemberg, Duchess Maria Dorothea |
Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Friederike Sophia Dorothea; 18 December 1736 – 9 March 1798) was Duchess of Württemberg (now in Germany) and ancestor to many European royals of the 19th and 20th century.
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Biography
Friederike was described as witty and charming. She belonged to the reformed faith, while her consort was Catholic, but she brought up her children as Lutheran upon agreement with the Lutheran council, from whom she received an allowance.
From 1769 she lived at Montbéliard, which was being managed by her husband, but which had to be abandoned in 1792 because of the French Revolution. Her husband inherited the Dukedom of Württemberg in 1795–97.
Family
Friederike was a daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her mother was a sister of Frederick the Great. Her siblings included Elisabeth Louise, Princess Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia and Philippine, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel.
Marriage and children
On 2 November 1753, she married Frederick Eugen of Württemberg. He would succeed his brother in 1795, making her Duchess consort of Württemberg. They had twelve children: