Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (German: Philippine Charlotte von Preußen) (13 March 1716, Berlin – 17 February 1801, Brunswick) was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.
Family
She was the fourth child and third daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was a sister of Frederick II of Prussia, Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden, and Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of George I of Great Britain. This thus made her a niece of George II of Great Britain and a cousin of Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne, Princess of Orange, and Queen Louise of Denmark and Norway.
Marriage
On 2 July 1733 in Berlin, Princess Philippine Charlotte married Duke Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, eldest son of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Charles inherited the dukedom on his father's death in 1735.
Charles and Philippine had thirteen children[1]
Biography
The simultaneous marriage of herself and of her brother Frederick to the sister of her spouse led to a permanent alliance of the most important North German Protestant houses Prussia and Brunswick. The family ties of the two dynasties meant the alliance of Charles I with his brother in the Seven Years War and the career of Philippines sons in the Prussian service.
Philippine Charlotte was described as subtle and highly educated. She worked independently of an extract of the philosophical writings of Christian von Wolff in French. The Duchess pursued, partly because of the influence of the ducal adviser Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem, the German intellectual life very closely. She appreciated the poet Salomon Gessner and maintained a personal relationship Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. Philippine Charlotte left to the Wolfenbüttel Library her own collection of 4,000 volumes.
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Charles II
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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9 October 1735-
16 October 1806 |
Married Princess Augusta of Great Britain, had issue |
Georg Franz
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29 September 1736-
10 December 1737 |
Died in infancy |
Sophie Caroline Marie
Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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7 October 1737-
21 December 1817 |
Married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and had no issue |
Christian Ludwig
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13 November 1738-
12 April 1742 |
Died in infancy |
Anna Amalia
Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach |
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24 October 1739-
10 April 1807 |
Married Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and had issue |
Frederick Augustus
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29 October 1740-
8 October 1805 |
Died unmarried |
Albrecht Heinrich
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26 February 1742-
8 August 1761 |
Died unmarried; |
Luise
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18 December 1743-
22 February 1744 |
Died in infancy |
Wilhelm Adolf
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18 May 1745-
24 August 1770 |
Died unmarried; |
Elisabeth Christine
Crown Princess of Prussia |
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8 November 1746-
18 February 1840 |
Married Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia and had issue
The marriage was dissolved in 1769
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Friederike
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8 April 1748-
22 January 1758 |
Died in infancy |
Augusta Dorothea
Abbess of Gandersheim |
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2 October 1749-
10 March 1810 |
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Maximilian Julius Leopold
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11 October 1752-
24 April 1785 |
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Ancestry
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16. George William, Elector of Brandenburg |
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17. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate |
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4. Frederick I of Prussia |
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18. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange |
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9. Countess Luise Henriette of Nassau |
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19. Countess Amalia of Solms-Braunfels |
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2. Frederick William I of Prussia |
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20. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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10. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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21. Landgravine Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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5. Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover |
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22. Frederick V, Elector Palatine |
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11. Sophia of the Palatinate |
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23. Princess Elizabeth of Scotland |
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1. Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia |
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24. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg =20, 28 |
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12. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg =10 |
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25. Landgravine Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt =21, 29 |
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6. George I of Great Britain |
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26. Frederick V, Elector Palatine =22 |
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13. Sophia of the Palatinate =11 |
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27. Princess Elizabeth of Scotland =23 |
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3. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
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28. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg =20, 24 |
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14. George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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7. Sophia Dorothea of Celle |
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30. Alexandre d'Esmier d'Olbreuse |
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15. Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse |
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31. Jacquette Poussard du Bas Vandré |
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Sources
- This page is a translation of its German equivalent.
References
External links
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Princess_Philippine_Charlotte_of_Prussia Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia] at Wikimedia Commons
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| 11th Generation |
Princess Viktoria Luise • Princess Micaela • Princess Nataly • Princess Cornelie-Cécile • Princess Irina Maria
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Philippine Charlotte Of Prussia, Princess |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
13 March 1716 |
| Place of birth |
Berlin |
| Date of death |
17 February 1801 |
| Place of death |
Brunswick |