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Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Friederike Sophia Dorothea; 18 December 1736 – 9 March 1798) was Duchess of Württemberg by marriage to Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. She is an ancestor to many European royals of the 19th and 20th century.
- 20 May 1795 – 23 December 1797
- Brandenburg-Schwedt
As he left no male heirs upon his death, Philip William's youngest son, Frederick Henry (1709-1788) ruled as the last Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and developed Schwedt into a cultural center. Known for his numerous love affairs, his marriage with Princess Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau likewise produced no male descendants.
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Born in Berlin, Wilhelmine shared the unhappy childhood of her brother, Frederick the Great, whose friend and confidante she remained all her life, with the exception of one short interval.She was fiercely beaten and abused by her governess during her childhood. Wilhelmine later wrote: "Not a day passed that she [the governess] did not prove upon m...
When Wilhelmine's spouse came into his inheritance in 1735, the pair set about making Bayreuth a miniature Versailles. Their building projects included the rebuilding of their summer residence (now part of the Hermitage Museum); the rebuilding of the great Bayreuth opera house; the building of a second, new opera house; the building of a theater; a...
The margravine's memoirs, Memoires de ma vie, written or revised in French between 1748 and her death, are preserved in the Royal Library of Berlin. They were first printed in two forms in 1810: a German translation down to the year 1733 from the firm of Cotta of Tübingen; and a version in French published by Vieweg of Brunswick, and coming down to...
Wilhelmine's only child was Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, born on August 30, 1732. Described by Casanova as the most beautiful princess in Germany, she was married to Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, in 1748. She died on 6 April 1780 without surviving children.
An earlier English translation from the French of her memoirs was published in a two volume edition in 1828 by Hunt and Clarke, York St., Covent Garden. Scribner and Welford published Princess Helena of the United Kingdom's German-to-English translation of Wilhelmine's memoirs in 1887.
Princess Wilhelmine is the main character of the 1909 historical novel A Gentle Knight of Old Brandenburg by Charles Major.
G.P. Gooch, Frederick the Great. The Ruler, the Writer, the Man(Alfred A. Knopf, 1947). pp 217–247.Thea Leitner: Skandal bei Hof. Frauenschicksale an europäischen Königshöfen, Piper, München 2003, ISBN 3-492-22009-6Uwe A. Oster: Wilhelmine von Bayreuth. Das Leben der Schwester Friedrichs des Großen, Piper, München, 2005, ISBN 3-492-04524-3Free scores by Wilhelmine of Bayreuth at the International Music Score Library Project(IMSLP)Argenore (opera)from the Hamburg Opera HouseWorks by Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia at Project GutenbergWorks by or about Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia at Internet ArchiveFriederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Friederike Sophia Dorothea; 18 December 1736 – 9 March 1798) was Duchess of Württemberg by marriage to Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. She is an ancestor to many European royals of the 19th and 20th century.
Federica Dorotea Sofía de Brandeburgo-Schwedt (en alemán, Friederike Dorothea Sophia von Brandenburg-Schwedt; Schwedt, 18 de diciembre de 1736- Stuttgart, 9 de marzo de 1798) fue hija del margrave Federico Guillermo de Brandeburgo-Schwedt y de Sofía Dorotea de Prusia, y por matrimonio duquesa de Wurtemberg . Biografía.
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Ancestors of Margravine Friederike Dorothea Sophia of Brandenburg-Schwedt (4 of 10 generations) less/more Siblings Pictures (* 18.12.1736, O 2.11.1753, † 9.3.1798)
4 de abr. de 2024 · 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. [1] Biography . Friederike was described as witty and charming.
