Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
Philippine Charlotte of Prussia | |
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Stadtschloss, Berlin | |
Died | 17 February 1801 Brunswick | (aged 84)
Spouse | Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Issue | Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Prince Georg Franz Sophie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Prince Christian Ludwig Anna, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Prince Frederick Augustus Prince Albrecht Heinrich Princess Louise Prince Wilhelm Adolf Elisabeth Christine, Crown Princess of Prussia Princess Friederike Augusta Dorothea, Abbess of Gandersheim Prince Maximilian Julius Leopold |
House | Hohenzollern |
Father | Frederick William I of Prussia |
Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (13 March 1716, in
Life
Philippine Charlotte was the fourth child and third daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (those who reached adulthood; she was otherwise seventh child and fourth daughter).
On 2 July 1733 in Berlin, Princess Philippine Charlotte married
The double marriage alliance between Prussia and Brunswick by her marriage to Charles I, and that of her brother Frederick to Charles' sister Elisabeth Christine, led to a permanent alliance of the most important North German Protestant houses in Prussia and Brunswick.[1] The family ties of the two dynasties resulted in the alliance of Brunswick and Prussia in the Seven Years' War, and the career of Philippine's sons in the Prussian service.[2]
Prussian Royalty |
House of Hohenzollern |
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Frederick William I |
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Philippine Charlotte was described as subtle, highly educated and a child of the Age of Enlightenment.[3] She worked independently of an extract of the philosophical writings of
As Duchess consort, Philippine Charlotte's court life focused on the circle of conversation she held before and after dinner in her state apartments in the Grauer Hof, to which she attracted scholars and men of letters with positions at court.[7] The Brunswick court attended a few opera performances and public balls a year in accordance with court etiquette, but the large expenditure of her spouse soon made it necessary to have a more economic court life.[8]
She raised her son Charles in reverence of her brother, Frederick of Prussia, gave him a humanist education with Abbé Jerusalem among his tutors, and sent him on a Grand Tour with the archaeologist Winckelmann as his companion.[9]
In 1773, Charles I was obliged to make his son regent, and in 1780, he died, and was succeeded by her son.
The Swedish Princess
Philippine Charlotte left to the Wolfenbüttel Library her own collection of 4,000 volumes.
Issue
Issue | |||
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Name | Portrait | Lifespan | Notes |
Charles II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
9 October 1735- 16 October 1806 |
Married Princess Augusta of Great Britain, had issue | |
Georg Franz |
29 September 1736- 10 December 1737 |
Died in infancy | |
Sophie Caroline Marie Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
7 October 1737- 21 December 1817 |
Married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and had no issue | |
Christian Ludwig |
13 November 1738- 12 April 1742 |
Died in childhood | |
Anna Amalia Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach |
24 October 1739- 10 April 1807 |
Married Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and had issue | |
Frederick Augustus |
29 October 1740- 8 October 1805 |
Married Princess Friederike Sophie Charlotte Auguste of Württemberg-Oels and had no issue | |
Albrecht Heinrich |
26 February 1742- 8 August 1761 |
Died unmarried; | |
Luise |
18 December 1743- 22 February 1744 |
Died in infancy | |
Wilhelm Adolf |
18 May 1745- 24 August 1770 |
Died unmarried; | |
Elisabeth Christine Crown Princess of Prussia |
8 November 1746- 18 February 1840 |
Married Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia and had issue
The marriage was dissolved in 1769 | |
Friederike |
8 April 1748- 22 January 1758 |
Died in childhood | |
Augusta Dorothea Abbess of Gandersheim |
2 October 1749- 10 March 1810 |
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Maximilian Julius Leopold |
11 October 1752- 24 April 1785 |
Died unmarried |
Ancestry
Ancestors of Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (=21, 25) | ||||||||||||||||
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7. Sophia Dorothea of Celle | ||||||||||||||||
30. Alexandre Desmier, Seigneur d'Olbreuse | ||||||||||||||||
15. Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse | ||||||||||||||||
31. Jacquette Poussard du Bas-Vandré | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Harm Klueting, Wolfgang Schmale: Das Reich und seine Territorialstaaten im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. LIT Verlag, Berlin-Hamburg-Münster 2004, S. 60.
- ^ Harm Klueting, Wolfgang Schmale: Das Reich und seine Territorialstaaten im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. LIT Verlag, Berlin-Hamburg-Münster 2004, S. 60.
- ^ Fraser, Flora: The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
- ^ Friedrich Cramer: Zur geschichte Friedrich Wilhelms I. und Friedrichs II., Könige von Preussen. Schreck, 1835, S. 77.
- ^ Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Horst Gronemeyer, Helmut Riege, Rainer Schmidt: Hamburger Klopstock-Ausgabe. Walter de Gruyter, 1988, S. 258.
- ^ Fraser, Flora: The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
- ^ Fraser, Flora: The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
- ^ Fraser, Flora: The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
- ^ Fraser, Flora: The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline
- ^ )
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 16.
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