At age 13 Elisabeth Christine became engaged to the future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, through negotiations between her ambitious grandfather, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Charles' sister-in-law, Empress Wilhelmine Amalia, whose father was John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg and thus belonged to another branch of the House of Welf.
Elisabeth Ludovika as a Bavarian princess, 1822 Crown Princess [ edit ] On 29 November 1823, she married the future King Frederick William IV of Prussia [3] and supported his intellectual interests, namely his attempts at artwork, which he held dear to his heart.