Noble family House of Hohenzollern | Name Henrietta of | |
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Father Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt Mother Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau Born 2 March 1702
probably Berlin ( 1702-03-02 ) Buried Crypt in the church of Kopenick Palace Died May 7, 1782, Kopenick, Germany Spouse Crown Prince Friedrich Ludwig Children Duchess Louise Frederica of Wurttemberg Parents Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau Grandparents Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg Great-grandparents Amalia of Solms-Braunfels | ||
Henriette Maria of Brandenburg-Schwedt (2 March 1702 probably in Berlin – 7 May 1782 in Kopenick), was a granddaughter of the "Great Elector" Frederick William of Brandenburg. She was the daughter of Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669-1711), the eldest son of the elector's second marriage with Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. Her mother was Johanna Charlotte (1682-1750), the daughter of Prince John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.
Life
She married on 8 December 1716 in Berlin to Hereditary Prince Frederick Louis of Wurttemberg (1698-1731), the only son of Duke Eberhard Louis of Wurttemberg. The marriage produced two children:
Henrietta Maria died on 7 May 1782, aged 81, and was buried in the crypt below the church of Kopenick Palace, where she had spent her years of widowhood. Her daughter arranged for a black marble plate in the crypt to commemorate her mother. In the 1960s, the coffin was cremated, with permission of the Hohenzollern family, and the formerly open-ended crypt (as described by Fontane) was walled off. Her urn was buried below the black marble plate.