Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Friederike Sophia Dorothea; 18 December 1736 – 9 March 1798) was Duchess of Württemberg by marriage to Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. She is an ancestress to many European royals of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Biography

Friederike was a daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her mother was a sister of Frederick the Great, thus making Friederike a niece of King Frederick.

On 2 November 1753, she married Frederick Eugene of Württemberg. while her husband was Catholic; however, she brought up her children as Lutheran upon agreement with the Lutheran council,

Issue She and Frederick had twelve children:

Ancestry