Religion Roman Catholic | Name Margravine Christine | |
Born 4 January 1710
Schloss Weferlingen, Weferlingen ( 1710-01-04 ) Issue Princess Sophie Christine
Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Princess Luise Auguste Charlotte
Prince Friedrich August
Prince Ludwig Franz Father George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Mother Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck Died June 13, 1739, Brussels, Belgium Spouse Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis (m. 1731–1739) Children Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Parents George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth House House of Hohenzollern, Thurn und Taxis Grandchildren Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis, Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis |
Margravine Sophie Christine Louise of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (in German: Sophie Christine Luise, Markgrafin von Brandenburg-Bayreuth; 4 January 1710 in Schloss Weferlingen, Weferlingen– 13 June 1739 in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands) was a member of the Brandenburg-Bayreuth line of the House of Hohenzollern and a Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by birth. Through her marriage to Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Sophie Christine was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis.
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Family and early life
Sophie Christine was the eldest child and daughter of George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and his first wife Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.
Marriage and issue
Sophie Christine married Alexander Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, the eldest child and only son of Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska, Princess of Lobkowicz, on 11 April 1731 in Frankfurt am Main. Sophie Christine and Alexander Ferdinand had five children: