Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
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Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia | |
Luise in 1780
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Born | 29 January 1722 Schloss Bevern, Weser |
Died | 13 January 1780 Schloss Oranienburg, Berlin, Prussia |
(aged 57)
Spouse | Augustus William of Prussia |
Issue |
Frederick William II of Prussia Prince Henry Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange |
Father | Ferdinand Albert II |
Mother | Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Luise Amalie; 29 January 1722 – 13 January 1780) was daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
She was born at the Schloss Bevern near Holzminden/Weser. She was the seventh of fourteen children. Her parents were second cousins.
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.
Her older sister was Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of Frederick the Great. She was also the sibling of the Queen of Denmark and Norway and the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.