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and a Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by birth. Through her marriage to Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Sophie Christine was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis.

Family and early life

''Sophie Christine'' was the eldest child and daughter of

and his first wife

Marriage and issue

Sophie Christine married Alexander Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, the eldest child and only son of Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska, Princess of Lobkowicz, on 11 April 1731 in

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. Sophie Christine and Alexander Ferdinand had five children: * Princess Sophie Christine of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 8 December 1731 † 23 December 1731) *

(born 2 June 1733 † 13 November 1805) :∞ 3 September 1753

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(30 October 1734-4 June 1787) :∞ 1787 Elisabeth Hildebrand, Frau von Train * Princess Luise Auguste Charlotte of Thurn and Taxis (born 27 October 1734 † January 1735) * Prince Friedrich August of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 5 December 1736 † 12 September 1755) * Prince Ludwig Franz Karl Lamoral Joseph of Thurn and Taxis (born 13 October 1737 † 7 August 1738)

Ancestry

References

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