Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (20 March 1671 – 3 September 1747) was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the maternal grandmother of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, Emperor Peter II of Russia and also Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Early life

Christine Louise was born as the third daughter of Albert Ernest I, Prince of Öttingen-Öttingen (1642-1683) and his first wife, Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg (1644-1674), daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and his first wife Anna Katharina, Wild- and Rheingräfin of Salm-Kyrburg (1614-1655).

Marriage

She married Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg at Aurich in 1690. They had four daughters, but only three reached adulthood:

• Princess Elisabeth Christine (1691–1750), married Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
• Princess Charlotte Auguste (1692–1692)
• Princess Charlotte Christine (1694–1715), married Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son and heir.
• Antoinette Amalie, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762), who married in 1712 her cousin Prince Ferdinand Albert of Brunswick-Lüneburg, heir of her father.

The marriages of her three daughters were arranged by her ambitious father-in-law, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Ancestry

Sources

• Christina Louise Prinzessin v.Oettingen-Oettingen
• gw1.geneanet.org
• wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

1. County of Oettingen
2. Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
3. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
4. Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
5. Princess Louise of Savoy
6. Descendants of Queen Victoria
7. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
8. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia
9. Frederick William II of Prussia
10. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
11. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
12. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick
13. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
14. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
15. Ivan VI of Russia
16. Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
17. Brunswick Cathedral
18. Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
19. Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
20. Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel