Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt
| Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt | |||||
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| Princess Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia | |||||
Elisabeth Louise, c. 1760
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22 April 1738 Schwedt |
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| Died | 22 February 1820 (aged 81) Berlin, Brandenburg |
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| Burial | Berlin Cathedral | ||||
| Spouse | Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia | ||||
| Issue | Princess Friederike Elisabeth of Prussia Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Prussia Louise, Princess Radziwiłł Prince Heinrich Friedrich of Prussia Prince Friedrich Ludwig Christian of Prussia Prince Friedrich Paul of Prussia Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich of Prussia |
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| House | Brandenburg-Schwedt | ||||
| Father | Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt | ||||
| Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Prussia | ||||
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| German: Anna Elisabeth Luise |
Margravine Anna Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (22 April 1738 – 10 February 1820) was a Prussian princess. She was a daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia.
Elisabeth Louise was one of five children born to Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her siblings included Sophia Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg, and Philippine, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel.
Her father was a son of Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau.
Her mother was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. Through her mother, Elisabeth Louise was a niece of Frederick the Great.
On 27 September 1755 in Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Elisabeth Louise married her uncle Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, a younger brother of her mother, Sophia Dorothea. He was eight years older than she and was a younger son of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (herself the only daughter of George I of Great Britain).
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