Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
| Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
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Portrait by Christoph Bernhard Francke
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| Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
| Tenure | 1 March 1735 – 2 September 1735 |
| Born | 14 April 1696 Wolfenbüttel, Germany |
| Died | 6 March 1762 (aged 65) Brunswick, Germany |
| Spouse | Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Issue |
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duke Anthony Ulrich Elisabeth Christine, Queen of Prussia Duke Louis Ernest Duke Ferdinand Luise, Princess of Prussia Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Teresa Natalia, Abbess of Gandersheim Juliana Maria, Queen of Denmark |
| Father | Louis Rudolph of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Mother | Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Antoinette Amalie; 14 April 1696 – 6 March 1762) was a Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and the wife of her father's cousin Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was the mother of the Queen of Prussia, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and the Queen of Denmark and Norway.
Antoinette was the youngest of four daughters born to Louis Rudolph of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen. Her older sister was Elisabeth Christine, mother of Empress Maria Theresa. Her other surviving sister Charlotte Christine was the daughter-in-law of Peter the Great of Russia.
15 October 1712 saw her marriage to Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, son of Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Christine of Hesse-Eschwege.
The marriage was very happy and Antoinette was the mother of eight sons and six daughters. In 1735, her father-in-law the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg died and her husband succeeded him. Her husband himself died September the same year. The Dowager Duchess went on to survive her husband for 27 years.
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