Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Luise Amalie; 29 January 1722 – 13 January 1780) was daughter of
Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Ferdinand Albert (German ''Ferdinand Albrecht''; 29 May 1680 (O.S.), Bevern – 2 September 1735 (O.S.), Salzdahlum), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was an officer in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He was prince of Wolfenbüttel during 173 ...
and his wife
Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...
.
Background
She was born at the
Schloss Bevern near
Holzminden/Weser. She was the seventh of fourteen children. Her parents were second cousins.
Marriage
On 6 January 1742 she married
Prince Augustus William of Prussia
Prince Augustus William of Prussia (german: August Wilhelm; 9 August 1722 – 12 June 1758) was a son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and a younger brother and general of King Frederick II (Frederick the Great).
Augustus was the second su ...
, second son of King
Frederick William I of Prussia and
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover ( – 28 June 1757) was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 25 February 1713 to 31 May 1740. She was the daughter of King George I of ...
. Prince Augustus William was a younger brother of the reigning
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the S ...
, whose spouse, Luise's own sister, gave him no children. As such, her son was to inherit the Prussian throne in 1786. In her widowhood, she was given the
Crown Prince's Palace in Berlin.
Family
Her older sister was
Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia, wife of her brother-in-law
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the S ...
. She was also the sibling of
Queen Juliana Maria of Denmark and Norway and
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Issue
*
Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick William II (german: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union the Prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inherita ...
(1744–1797) married
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (28 August 1691 – 21 December 1750) was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Empe ...
and had issue. Married
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt and had issue.
*
Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767) died unmarried.
*
Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751–1820) married
William V, Prince of Orange
William V (Willem Batavus; 8 March 1748 – 9 April 1806) was a prince of Orange and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. He went into exile to London in 1795. He was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau until his death i ...
and had issue.
*Prince Emil of Prussia (1758–1759) died in infancy.
Ancestry
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luise Of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Duchess
1722 births
1780 deaths
House of Brunswick-Bevern
Prussian princesses
House of Hohenzollern
18th-century German people
Burials at Berlin Cathedral