Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (13 March 1716, Berlin

Berlin

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 – 17 February 1801, Brunswick

Braunschweig

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) was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia

Frederick William I of Prussia

Frederick William I of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death...

 and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

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Family

She was the fourth child and third daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia

Frederick William I of Prussia

Frederick William I of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death...

 and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

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. She was a sister of Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II of Prussia

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, Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden

Louisa Ulrika of Prussia

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, and Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia

Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach.-Family:...

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Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of George I of Great Britain

George I of Great Britain

George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....

. This thus made her a niece of George II of Great Britain

George II of Great Britain

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 and a cousin of Frederick, Prince of Wales

Frederick, Prince of Wales

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, Anne, Princess of Orange

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, and Queen Louise of Denmark and Norway

Louise of Great Britain

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Marriage

On 2 July 1733 in Berlin, Princess Philippine Charlotte married Duke Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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, eldest son of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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. Charles inherited the dukedom on his father's death in 1735.

Charles and Philippine had thirteen children

Biography

The simultaneous marriage of herself and of her brother Frederick to the sister of her spouse led to a permanent alliance of the most important North German Protestant houses Prussia and Brunswick. The family ties of the two dynasties meant the alliance of Charles I with his brother in the Seven Years War and the career of Philippines sons in the Prussian service.

Philippine Charlotte was described as subtle and highly educated. She worked independently of an extract of the philosophical writings of Christian von Wolff in French. The Duchess pursued, partly because of the influence of the ducal adviser Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem, the German intellectual life very closely.
She appreciated the poet Salomon Gessner and maintained a personal relationship Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

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. Philippine Charlotte left to the Wolfenbüttel Library her own collection of 4,000 volumes.

Issue

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! width=20% | Name !! width=70px | Portrait !! Lifespan !! Notes !!
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| Charles II
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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|| 9 October 1735-
16 October 1806
|| Married Princess Augusta of Great Britain, had issue
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| Georg Franz

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|| 29 September 1736-
10 December 1737
|| Died in infancy
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| Sophie Caroline Marie

Duchess Sophie Caroline Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Duchess Sophie Caroline Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the eldest daughter of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and his wife Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great....

Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
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|| 7 October 1737-
21 December 1817
|| Married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth....

 and had no issue
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| Christian Ludwig

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|| 13 November 1738-
12 April 1742
|| Died in infancy
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| Anna Amalia
Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach
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|| 24 October 1739-
10 April 1807
|| Married Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and had issue
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| Frederick Augustus

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|| 29 October 1740-
8 October 1805
|| Died unmarried
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| Albrecht Heinrich

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|| 26 February 1742-
8 August 1761
|| Died unmarried;
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| Luise

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|| 18 December 1743-
22 February 1744
|| Died in infancy
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| Wilhelm Adolf

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|| 18 May 1745-
24 August 1770
|| Died unmarried;
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| Elisabeth Christine
Crown Princess of Prussia
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|| 8 November 1746-
18 February 1840
|| Married Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia

Frederick William II of Prussia

Frederick William II was the King of Prussia, reigning from 1786 until his death. He was in personal union the Prince-Elector of Brandenburg and the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel.-Early life:...

 and had issue
The marriage was dissolved in 1769
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| Friederike

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|| 8 April 1748-
22 January 1758
|| Died in infancy
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| Augusta Dorothea
Abbess of Gandersheim
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|| 2 October 1749-
10 March 1810
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| Maximilian Julius Leopold

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|| 11 October 1752-
24 April 1785
|| Died unmarried
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