Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark
Frederica Amalia of Denmark and Norway | |
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Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp | |
Tenure | 24 October 1667 – 6 January 1695 |
Born | 11 April 1649 Copenhagen, Denmark |
Died | 30 October 1704 Kiel, Germany | (aged 55)
Burial | |
Spouse | |
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark and Norway (11 April 1649 – 30 October 1704) was the second daughter of King
Life
Frederica Amalie was a daughter of King
She was married at
The couple visited her sister, the Swedish queen Ulrika Eleonora. Her visits to Sweden inspired great parties and festivities at the otherwise strict Swedish court, and were much appreciated. She became a widow in 1695. As her sons were also anti-Danish, the conflict between Denmark and Holstein-Gottorp continued to put her in a difficult position also as a widow; when she died in her residence in Kiel in 1704, a conflict between Holstein-Gottorp and Denmark about the proper way to ring the bells at her funeral almost provoked war between the two states.
Issue
With Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, she had four children:
- Sophie Amalie (19 January 1670 – 27 February 1710), married on 7 July 1695 to Duke Augustus William of Brunswick-Lüneburg. No issue.
- Frederick (18 October 1671 – 19 July 1702), succeeded his father as Duke Frederick IV of Holstein-Gottorp.
- Christian August (11 January 1673 – 24 April 1726), succeeded his brother as Duke Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp. Grandfather of Catherine the Great
- Marie Elisabeth (21 March 1678 – 17 July 1755), Abbess of Quedlinburg.
Ancestors
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References
- (in Danish) Article in the Dansk biografisk Lexicon
- Lindqvist, Herman. Storhet och fall. Sweden: Bokförlaget Pan, 2000 (1997). Vol 4 of Historien om Sverige. 10 vols. 1992–2002. ISBN 91-7263-092-2. (Swedish)