Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia
File:Luise Amalie (Bernhard Rode).jpg Luise in 1780
Born	29 January 1722 Schloss Bevern, Weser
Died	Schloss Oranienburg, Berlin, Prussia
Spouse	Augustus William of Prussia
Issue	Frederick William II of Prussia Prince Henry Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange
Father	Ferdinand Albert II
Mother	Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Luise Amalie; 29 January 1722 – 13 January 1780) was daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Background

She was born at the Schloss Bevern near Holzminden/Weser. She was the seventh of fourteen children. Her parents were second cousins.

Marriage

On 6 January 1742 she married Prince Augustus William of Prussia, second son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. Prince Augustus William was a younger brother of the reigning Frederick the Great, whose spouse, Luise's own sister, gave him no children. As such, her son was to inherit the Prussian throne in 1786. In her widowhood, she was given the Crown Prince's Palace in Berlin.

Family

Her older sister was Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of Frederick the Great. She was also the sibling of the Queen of Denmark and Norway and the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Issue

• Frederick William II of Prussia (1744–1797) married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg and had issue. Married Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt and had issue.
• Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767) died unmarried.
• Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751–1820) married William V, Prince of Orange and had issue.
• Prince Emil of Prussia (1758–1759) died in infancy.

Ancestors

Family of Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

16. Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               8. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=#24)                       17. Princess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg               4. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             18. John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow               9. Duchess Elisabeth Sophia of Mecklenburg-Gustrow (=#25)                       19. Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch               2. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                                   20. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel               10. Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege                       21. Countess Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg               5. Landgravine Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege                             22. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg               11. Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken                       23. Princess Katharina of Sweden               1. Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                                         24. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=#8)               12. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                       25. Duchess Elisabeth Sophia of Mecklenburg-Gustrow (=#9)               6. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             26. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg               13. Princess Elisabeth Juliana Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Norborg                       27. Princess Eleonore of Anhalt-Zerbst               3. Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                                   28. Joachim Ernest, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen               14. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen                       29. Countess Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein               7. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen                             30. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg               15. Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg                       31. Countess Anna Katherina of Salm-Kyrburg

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 29 January 1722 - 6 January 1742 Her Serene Highness Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
• 6 January 1742 - 13 January 1780 Her Royal Highness Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia