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In 1730, Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia tried to flee from the tyrannical regime of his father, King Frederick William I, but was caught and imprisoned. To regain his freedom, he was required to marry Elisabeth Christine, daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife Antoinette, in 1733. [1]
Despite her lack of political influence, she was successful in arranging the marriage of her niece Elisabeth Christine, a daughter of her sister Antoinette, with the Prussian crown prince and later King Frederick the Great, in 1732 [12] and the marriage of her nephew Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick with Anna Leopoldovna, the heiress of the Russian ...
Elisabeth Christine Ulrike of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (8 November 1746 – 18 February 1840), was Crown Princess of Prussia as the first wife of Crown Prince Frederick William, her cousin and the future king, Frederick William II of Prussia.
Prussia 1722–1758: Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1722–1780: Frederick II the Great 1712-1740-1786: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1715–1797: Philippine Charlotte of Prussia 1716–1801: Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1713–1780: Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 1757–1830: Caroline of Baden 1776–1841: William IV of ...
He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include military successes in the Silesian wars , reorganisation of the Prussian Army , the First Partition of Poland , and patronage ...
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Brunswick-Bevern) 8 November 1715 12 June 1733 19 February 1772 became Queen of Prussia: 17 August 1786 husband's death: 13 January 1797 Frederick II Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt: Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt) 16 October 1751
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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.