Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Viktoria Luise Amalie, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht II., Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680-1735) and his wife Antoinette Amalie, Princess of Brunswick-Blankenburg (1696-1762)

Born: Wolfenbüttel 29. Jan 1722

Married: Berlin 6. Jan 1742 August Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1722-1758)

Her sister Elisabeth Christine had married August Wilhlm’s brother the future King Friedrich II. of Prussia in 1732, her brother Karl I. Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel their sister Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia.

Issue:

• Friedrich Wilhelm II. King of Prussia (1744-1797) m. 1765 (div.1759)  Elisabeth Christine, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1746-1840); m. 1769: Friederike Luise, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751-1805); m. 1786 (morg.) Julie von Voß, cr. Gräfin v. Ingenheim 1787 (1766-1789); m. (morg.) 1790 (sep.1792) Sophie, Gräfin von Dönhoff (1768-1838)
• Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (1747-1767)
• Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia (1751-1820) m. 1767 Willem V., Prince of Orange-Nassau, Stattholder of the Netherlands (1748-1806)
• Georg, Prince of Prussia (1758-1759)

Died: Berlin 13. Jan 1780

Buried: Berlin Cathedral

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann