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Household of Friederike Sophia Dorothea von BRANDENBURG-SCHWEDT

She is married to Friedrich II Eugene von WURTTEMBERG.

They got married on November 2, 1753, she was 16 years old.


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Notes about Friederike Sophia Dorothea von BRANDENBURG-SCHWEDT

Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Friederike Sophia Dorothea; 18 December 1736 - 9 March 1798) was Duchess of Württemberg and ancestor to many European royals of the 19th and 20th century.

Friederike was described as witty and charming. She belonged to the reformed faith, while her consort was Catholic, but she brought up her children as Lutheran upon agreement with the Lutheran council, from whom she received an allowance.

From 1769 she lived at Montbéliard, which was being managed by her husband, but which had to be abandoned in 1792 because of the French Revolution. Her husband inherited the Dukedom of Württemberg in 1795-97.

Friederike was a daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her mother was a sister of Frederick the Great. Her siblings included Elisabeth Louise, Princess Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia and Philippine, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel.

Marriage and children
On 2 November 1753, she married Frederick Eugen of Württemberg. He would succeed his brother in 1795, making her Duchess consort of Württemberg. They had twelve children:

Duke Frederick Wilhelm Karl of Württemberg (6 November 1754 - 30 October 1816); succeeded his father as Duke of Württemberg; would later become the first King of Württemberg.
Duke Louis Frederick Alexander of Württemberg (30 August 1756 - 20 September 1817), of whom Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is a direct descendant.
Duke Eugene Frederick Henry of Württemberg (21 November 1758 - 20 June 1822).
Duchess Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg (25 October 1759 - 5 November 1828), married to Paul I, Emperor of Russia), of whom Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Sofia of Spain are direct descendants.
Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg (27 December 1761 - 10 August 1830); father of Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.
Duke Ferdinand Augustus Frederick of Württemberg (22 October 1763 - 20 January 1834).
Duchess Friederike Elisabeth Amalie of Württemberg (27 July 1765 - 24 November 1785), married to Peter, Duke of Oldenburg.
Duchess Elisabeth Wilhelmine Luise of Württemberg (21 April 1767 - 18 February 1790), married to Francis I, Emperor of Austria.
Duchess Friederike Wilhelmine Katharina of Württemberg (3 June 1768 - 22 October 1768).
Duke Charles Frederick Henry of Württemberg (3 May 1770 - 22 August 1791).
Duke Alexander Frederick Charles of Württemberg (24 April 1771 - 4 July 1833), the founder of the fifth branch of Württemberg, from which today's head of the House, Duke Carl Maria of Württemberg.
Duke Charles Henry of Württemberg (3 July 1772 - 28 July 1833).

Royal descendants
The current reigning monarchs Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King Felipe VI of Spain, King Harald V of Norway, King Willem-Alexander I of the Netherlands, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, King Philippe of Belgium and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg are all her direct-line descendants.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margravine_Friederike_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt

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Birthday December 18, 1736

  • The temperature on December 18, 1736 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt helder . Special wheather fenomena: . Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1736: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
    • March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
    • April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
    • May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
    • October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.

Day of marriage November 2, 1753

Day of death March 9, 1798

  • The temperature on March 9, 1798 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 4 » Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
    • April 7 » The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It is expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
    • May 25 » United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
    • May 27 » The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.
    • July 11 » The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
    • September 3 » The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.


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