Princess Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (3 July 1682 – 22 December 1755) was a German princess. She was the daughter of

Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Friedrich VII Magnus of Zähringen (23 September 1647 – 25 June 1709) was the Margrave of Baden-Durlach from 1677 until his death. Born at Ueckermünde, he was the son of Margrave Friedrich VI and Countess Palatine Christine Magdalene of ...

and his wife Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp. She married Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin.

Biography

On 2 September 1704, she married Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin. In 1726, her husband died, and her eldest son became monarch. One year later, he died childless and her youngest son, Adolf Frederick, ascended the throne. Adolf Frederick was a minor, but was allowed to govern "with his mother's support" and guidance.Adolf Fredrik
urn:sbl:5574, '' Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' (article by L. Stavenow), retrieved 2014-12-25. She also gave him her estates Stendorf, Mönch-Neversdorf and Lenzahn to provide him with an income. Through her paternal grandmother, Countess Palatine Christina Magdalena of Zweibrücken, a sister of King Charles X of Sweden, Albertina Frederica descended from the Swedish royal house, which is why her son in 1743 could be elected as the heir to the Swedish throne.

Issue

*Hedwig Sophie Auguste (9 October 1705 – 4 October 1764), Abbess of Herford from 1750 *Charles Augustus (26 November 1706 – 31 May 1727), engaged to Grand Duchess Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia *Frederica Amalia (12 January 1708 – 19 January 1782), a nun at Quedlinburg *Anne (3 February 1709 – 2 February 1758), who wed William, Duke of Saxe-Gotha * Adolf Frederick of Eutin (14 May 1710 – 12 April 1771), became

crown prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wi ...

of Sweden in 1743, and then ascended the throne as

King of Sweden The monarchy of Sweden is the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5. which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.Parliamentary system: see the Instrument ...

in 1751. * Frederick August of Eutin (20 September 1711 – 6 July 1785), Bishop of Lübeck after Adolf Frederick (who held it until going to Sweden), as well as the principality of Eutin. In 1773, Frederick August received the

Duchy of Oldenburg The Duchy of Oldenburg (german: Herzogtum Oldenburg)—named after its capital, the town of Oldenburg—was a state in the north-west of present-day Germany. The counts of Oldenburg died out in 1667, after which it became a duchy until 1810, wh ...

and the county of Delmenhorst from his young cousin (Paul, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (future

Emperor of Russia The emperor or empress of all the Russias or All Russia, ''Imperator Vserossiyskiy'', ''Imperatritsa Vserossiyskaya'' (often titled Tsar or Tsarina/Tsaritsa) was the Absolute monarchy, monarch of the Russian Empire. The title originated in conn ...

), which would become the

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (, also known as Holstein-Oldenburg) was a grand duchy within the German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire that consisted of three widely separated territories: Oldenburg, Eutin and Bi ...

. * Johanna Elisabeth (24 October 1712 – 30 May 1760), wed

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (29 November 1690, in Dornburg – 16 March 1747, in Zerbst) was a German prince of the House of Ascania, and the father of Catherine the Great of Russia. He was a ruler of the Principality of A ...

, and mothered

Catherine the Great , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...

, Empress regnant of Russia. *Wilhelm Christian (20 September 1716 – 26 June 1719) *Friedrich Conrad (12 March 1718 – 1719) *Georg Ludwig (16 March 1719 – 7 September 1763)

References

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