Friedrich Wilhelm (Brandenburg-Schwedt)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt (* December 27, 1700 in Oranienbaum Castle near Dessau ; † March 4, 1771 in Wildenbruch Castle ) was Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt from the House of Hohenzollern .
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm was a son of Margrave Philipp Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669–1711) from his marriage to Johanna Charlotte (1682–1750), daughter of Prince Johann Georg II of Anhalt-Dessau .
As early as 1711 he received his own regiment, which was now called the "Brandenburg Schwedt on Horseback" regiment . But he should never be in the field. For his Grand Tour he traveled to Geneva in 1715 and to Italy in 1716. He came to Prussia in 1719, where he received the Order of the Black Eagle from the king . On June 15, 1723 he became a Prussian major general . He was also elected Duke in Courland at the time , but this could not be enforced. On July 10, 1737, he was appointed lieutenant general.
Friedrich Wilhelm was also called "the great margrave" because he felt like prank at all times and also drove this with all his subjects. Because of his passion for hunting, Emperor Karl VI appointed him . to the Archhunter of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
The margrave did a great deal to improve and beautify his little country. In Schwedt , he had the castle beautified through renovations, improved the castle garden and extended the freedom of the castle, which he had adorned with statues from classical antiquity - apparently a result of his trip to Italy. At his court in the 1730s, the later cavalry general of Frederick the Great , Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz , served as a page and was influenced by his dealings with the margrave in his way of life, and not only positively.
On March 4, 1771, Friedrich Wilhelm died in Wildenbruch from a severe cold that he caught while fishing. He was buried in the former French Church, now the Berlischky Pavilion , which his brother and successor as Margrave Friedrich Heinrich had consecrated as a family burial place. His wife, Margravine Sophie , the sister of Frederick the Great , was buried next to him .
progeny
From his marriage to Sophie Dorothea Marie von Prussia (1719–1765, ⚭ November 10, 1734), a sister of Friedrich II., Friedrich Wilhelm had the following children:
- Friederike Dorothea Sophia (1736–1798)
- ⚭ 1753 Duke Friedrich Eugen of Württemberg (1732–1797)
- Luise (1738-1820)
- ⚭ 1755 Prince August Ferdinand of Prussia (1730–1813)
- Georg Philipp (1741–1742), Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- Philippine (1745-1800)
- ⚭ 1. 1773 Landgrave Friedrich II of Hessen-Kassel (1720–1785)
- ⚭ 2. 1794 Count Georg Ernst Levin von Wintzingerode (1752–1834)
- Georg Friedrich Wilhelm (1749–1751), Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg-Schwedt
illegitimate son:
- Georg Wilhelm von Jaegersfeld (* 1725; † August 2, 1797 in Lauenburg, Western Pomerania)
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 208 ( Friedrich Wilhelm at Wikisource [PDF]).
Web links
- Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt - Site of the Schlossgitterverein Schwedt / Oder eV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenburg-Schwedt, Friedrich Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oranienbaum Castle near Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1771 |
| Place of death | Wildenbruch Castle |