Princess Frederica Wilhelmina | |||||
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Duchess consort of Anhalt-Dessau | |||||
Born |
Berlin |
30 September 1796||||
Died | 1 January 1850 Dessau |
(aged 53)||||
Spouse | Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
Issue |
Agnes, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt Maria Anna, Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia |
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House |
House of Hohenzollern House of Ascania |
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Father | Prince Louis Charles of Prussia | ||||
Mother | Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Full name | |
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German: Friederike Wilhelmine Luise Amalie |
Princess Frederica Wilhelmina Louise Amalia of Prussia (30 September 1796 – 1 January 1850) was a daughter of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. By her marriage to Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, she would become Duchess consort of Anhalt-Dessau.
Frederica was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and his wife Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her father was a younger son of Frederick William II of Prussia. Due to her mother's later marriages, Frederica would have many half-siblings, including George V of Hanover.
On 18 April 1818, Frederica married Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt in Berlin. They had been engaged since 17 May 1816, as the connection had already been arranged by the Prussian court. This dynastic connection was an expression of Leopold's pro-Prussian policies.
They had six children:
Frederica died on 1 January 1850 in Dessau. Leopold would die 21 years later, on 22 May 1871.