Maria Amalia of Brandenburg
Maria Amalia von Brandenburg (born November 26, 1670 in Cölln , today in Berlin ; † November 17, 1739 at Bertholdsburg Castle in Schleusingen ) was a princess and margravine of Brandenburg from the house of Hohenzollern and, by marriage, duchess of the Electoral Saxon secondary school -Duchy of Saxony- Zeitz .
family
She was the daughter of the "Great Elector" Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg from his second marriage to Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , daughter of Duke Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
Life
As a duchess, she visited the Wilhelmsbrunnen in 1709 , the expansion of which as a bathing resort she significantly promoted.
She died at the age of 69 in the former residential town of Schleusingen in Henneberg , which she received as Wittum after the death of her husband , and was buried in the princely crypt of St. Martin's Church in Kassel due to the connection between her daughter and the Hessian dynasty .
Marriage and offspring
Her first marriage was on August 20, 1687 in Potsdam with Hereditary Prince Karl zu Mecklenburg , son of Duke Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg and Magdalena Sibylla of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf . On March 15, 1688, her husband Karl died of peeling and their only child together while giving birth.
Her second marriage was on June 25, 1689 in Potsdam, Duke Moritz Wilhelm von Sachsen-Zeitz , son of Duke Moritz von Sachsen-Zeitz and Dorothea Maria von Sachsen-Weimar , whom she survived by 21 years. The following children emerged from the connection:
- Friederich Wilhelm (born March 26, 1690 at Moritzburg Castle in Zeitz; † May 15, 1690 ibid), Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Zeitz
- Dorothea Wilhelmine (born March 20, 1691 at Moritzburg Castle in Zeitz; † March 17, 1743 in Kassel), Princess of Saxony-Zeitz ⚭ (September 27, 1717 in Zeitz) Wilhelm VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
- Karoline Amalie (born May 24, 1693 at Moritzburg Castle in Zeitz; September 5, 1694 ibid), Princess of Saxony-Zeitz
- Sofie Charlotte (born April 25, 1695 at Moritzburg Castle in Zeitz; June 18, 1696 ibid), Princess of Saxony-Zeitz
- Friedrich August (born August 12, 1700 at Moritzburg Castle in Zeitz; February 17, 1710 in Halle), Hereditary Prince of Saxony-Zeitz
literature
- Johann Hübner: Three hundred and three and thirty genealogical tables, in addition to the related genealogical questions ... Johann Friedrich Bleditsch, Leipzig 1708 ( limited preview in the Google book search - Tab. 171).
Web links
- Publications from and about Maria Amalia von Brandenburg in VD 17 .
- Literature by and about Maria Amalia von Brandenburg in the Saxon Bibliography
- Christian Pönitz: Maria Amalia, Duchess of Saxony-Zeitz (1670–1739) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
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| SURNAME | Maria Amalia of Brandenburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marie Amalie of Brandenburg, Duchess Maria Amalia of Saxony-Zeitz, Duchess Marie Amalie of Saxony-Zeitz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Zeitz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1670 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cölln , Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1739 |
| Place of death | Bertholdsburg Castle , Schleusingen |