Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia
| Princess Frederica Charlotte | |||||
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| Duchess of York and Albany | |||||
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| Born | 7 May 1767 Charlottenburg, Germany |
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| Died | 6 August 1820 (aged 53) Oatlands Park, Surrey |
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| Spouse | Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany | ||||
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House of Hohenzollern (by birth) House of Hanover (by marriage) |
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| Father | Frederick William II of Prussia | ||||
| Mother | Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg | ||||
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| Frederica Charlotte Ulrika Katherine |
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (Friederike Charlotte Ulrike Katharina; 7 May 1767 – 6 August 1820) was the only daughter of Frederick William II of Prussia and his first wife Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was later Duchess of York and Albany following her marriage to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany.
Frederica Charlotte was born in Charlottenburg, on 7 May 1767. She was the only child of her parents, whose union was extremely unhappy due to their mutual infidelities. After several affairs with musicians and officers, Frederica's mother, the Crown Princess, became pregnant in 1769. Then she planned to escape from Prussia with her lover, but she was betrayed and captured, causing a public scandal. After a divorce was quickly granted, Elisabeth Christine (who retained her title) was placed under house arrest in the castle of Stettin, where she remained for the next seventy-one years until her death in 1840, aged 93. Frederica Charlotte never saw her mother again; she was raised by her paternal grandmother Princess Luise Amalie and her stepmother Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, who married the Crown Prince almost immediately after his divorce.
On 29 September 1791 at Charlottenburg Palace, she married Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the second son of George III. There was a second marriage ceremony at Buckingham House on 23 November. The new Duchess of York received an enthusiastic welcome in London. Reportedly, the Prince of Wales, who was at the time, albeit not legally, married to Maria Fitzherbert, regarded it unnecessary for him to enter a dynastic marriage, because his brother the Duke of York had married a Princess and could provide an heir to the throne in his stead.
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