Friederike | |
Succession: | Duchess consort of Württemberg |
Reign: | 20 May 1795 - 23 December 1797 |
Consort: | yes |
Issue: | Frederick I of Württemberg Duke Louis Duke Eugen Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia Duke William Duke Ferdinand Friederica, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria Duchess Wilhelmine Duke Charles Duke Alexander Duke Henry |
Full Name: | Friederike Sophia Dorothea |
House: | Brandenburg-Schwedt |
Father: | Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
Mother: | Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia |
Religion: | Calvinist |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1736 |
Birth Place: | Schwedt |
Death Place: | Stuttgart |
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.[1]
Friederike was a daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her mother was a sister of Frederick the Great. Her siblings included Elisabeth Louise, Princess Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia and Philippine, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel.
On 2 November 1753, she married Frederick Eugen of Württemberg. He would succeed his brother in 1795, making her Duchess consort of Württemberg.
Friederike was described as witty and charming. She belonged to the reformed faith, while her husband was Catholic; however, she brought up her children as Lutheran upon agreement with the Lutheran council, from whom she received an allowance.
From 1769, she lived at Montbéliard, which was being managed by her husband. In 1792, she abandoned Montbéliard because of the French Revolution. Her husband inherited the Dukedom of Württemberg in 1795–1797.
She had twelve children:
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