Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Luise Amalie; 29 January 1722 – 13 January 1780) was daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Background

She was born at the Schloss Bevern near 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, second son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. Prince Augustus William was a younger brother of the reigning Frederick the Great, 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. 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 (1744–1797) married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 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 and had issue.
• Prince Emil of Prussia (1758–1759) died in infancy.

Ancestry

References

1. Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
2. Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
3. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
4. Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
5. Frederick William II of Prussia
6. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia
7. Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
8. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
9. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
10. Princess Frederica of Prussia, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
11. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
12. Princess Luise of Anhalt-Bernburg
13. Alexandrine of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
14. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
15. Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
16. Louise (given name)
17. Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau
18. Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath
19. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
20. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia