Countess ''Friederike'' Amalie of Schlieben
[''Burke's Guide to the Royal Family'' (1973), Burke's Peerage, , p. 328] (german: Friederike Amalie Antonie Gräfin von Schlieben; 28 February 175717 December 1827)
[ was the consort of .
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Early life
Friederike was born in Königsberg
Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...
, Kingdom of Prussia
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and was the second and youngest daughter of Count Karl Leopold of Schlieben and his wife, Countess Marie Eleonore von Lehndorff
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Marriage and issue
Friederike married , son of and his wife Countess Charlotte zu Dohna-Schlodien, on 9 March 1780 in Königsberg
Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...
.[ Friederike and Friedrich Karl Ludwig had three children:][ Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (13 December 1780 – 19 January 1862),][ ]Princess Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Luise, Princess of Anhalt-Pless (née Princess Maria Dorothea Henriette Luise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck; 28 September 1783 – 24 November 1803) was a member of the Danish royal family and, as the first wife of Frederick Ferdinand, P ...
(28 September 1783 – 24 November 1803),[ and (4 January 1785 – 27 February 1831).][
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Ancestry
References
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Friederike
1757 births
1827 deaths
Nobility from Königsberg
German countesses
German duchesses
German princesses
Von Schlieben family