Anna Elisabeth Luise of Brandenburg-Schwedt

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Luise von Brandenburg-Schwedt, Princess of Prussia

Anna Elisabeth Luise von Brandenburg-Schwedt (born April 22, 1738 in Schwedt , † February 10, 1820 in Berlin ) was a princess of Brandenburg-Schwedt and by marriage Princess of Prussia .

Life

Luise was a daughter of Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700–1771) from his marriage to Sophie Dorothea Marie of Prussia (1719–1765), a sister of Frederick the Great .

She married her uncle Prince Ferdinand of Prussia (1730-1813) on September 27, 1755 in Charlottenburg Palace . Luise was described as beautiful, witty and amiable. One of her ladies-in-waiting, Amalie von Gallitzin , became famous. Ferdinand had a dairy farm built for his wife in his Bellevue Palace in 1801 .

Anna Elisabeth Luise of Prussia

Luise died in old age and was considered a relic from the Frederician times in Berlin as an original. The appointment of Ernst Ludwig Heim to her personal physician became an anecdote . Luise is buried in the Berlin Cathedral . She had survived five of her children by the time she died.

progeny

Luise had the following children, with the exception of the oldest child, Count Friedrich Wilhelm Carl von Schmettau , is assumed to be the father of her children:

  • Friederike (1761–1773)
  • Heinrich (1769–1773)
  • Luise (1770-1836)
⚭ 1796 Prince Anton Radziwiłł (1775–1833)

literature

  • Frank Esche: Thuringian wedding booklet. Erotic, amusing and curious stories about love, marriage, the joy of marriage ... Kirchschlager, Arnstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-934277-19-9 , p. 48 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Weidinger: The life and work of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. 4th, improved edition. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1863, p. 326.
  2. ^ Bertram Janiszewski: The old Hansaviertel in Berlin. Shape and people. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-7244-0 , p. 17.
personal data
SURNAME Anna Elisabeth Luise of Brandenburg-Schwedt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luise of Brandenburg-Schwedt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Brandenburg-Schwedt, by marriage Princess of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwedt
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1820
Place of death Berlin