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Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Sofie Luise; 6 May 1685 – 29 July 1735) was Queen consort in Prussia by marriage to King Frederick I of Prussia. She was famed for her beauty. Life. Sophia Louise was the fourth child of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg.
Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg, by Georg David Matthieu, 1765. Born in Schwerin , she was the only daughter of Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , second son of Christian Louis II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , and Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld .
Aug 5, 2015 · Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 6 May 1685 as the daughter of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow and Christina Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. Not much is known of her youth. On 28 November 1708, she married Frederick I of Prussia as, his third wife.
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Born in Königsberg, Frederick was the third son of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg by his father's first marriage to Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau, eldest daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. His maternal cousin was King William III of England. Upon the death of his father on 29 April 1688, Fred...
Frederick was noted for his opposition to France, in contrast to his father who had sought an alliance with Louis XIV. Frederick took Brandenburg into the League of Augsburg against France and in 1689 led military forces into the field as part of the allied coalition. That year an army under his command besieged and captured Bonn. Despite this oppo...
The Hohenzollern state was then known as Brandenburg-Prussia. The family's main possessions were the Margraviate of Brandenburg within the Holy Roman Empire and the Duchy of Prussia outside of the Empire, ruled as a personal union. Although he was the Margrave and Prince-elector of Brandenburg and the Duke of Prussia, Frederick desired the more pre...
Frederick was married three times: 1. first, in 1679, to Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel (1661–1683), with whom he had one child, 1.1. Louise Dorothea, born 1680, who died without issue at age 25. 2. then to Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668–1705), with whom he had 2.1. Frederick August (1685–1686) 2.2. Frederick William I, born in 1688, who su...
Sophie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Sofie Luise; 6 May 1685 – 29 July 1735) was Queen consort in Prussia by marriage to King Frederick I of Prussia. She was famed for her beauty. Marriage. On 28 November 1708 she married King Frederick I in Prussia. They had no children. Titles.
Sep 25, 2021 · Sophia Louisa of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Sofie Luise; 6 May 1685 – 29 July 1735) was a princess of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The third wife of King Frederick I of Prussia, she died childless having gone mad. She was the fourth child of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg.
English: Princess Sophie Luise of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] (6 May 1685, Schwerin - 29 July 1735) was a German noblewoman. She was the fourth child of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow , (gen. "Prince of Grabow") and Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg.
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