Reign 1731-1735 | Name Princess Louise | |
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Predecessor Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg Successor Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Luneburg Born 20 March 1671Oettingen ( 1671-03-20 ) House House of Oettingen-Oettingen Father Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen Mother Duchess Christine Friederike of Wurttemberg Died September 3, 1747, Blankenburg (Harz), Germany Spouse Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (m. 1690) Children Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Parents Christine Friederike of Wurttemberg-Winnental, Albert Ernest I d'Oettingen-Oettingen Grandchildren Maria Theresa, Peter II of Russia Similar People Louis Rudolph - Duke of B, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick‑Wolfenbuttel, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick‑Luneburg, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick‑Wolfenbuttel‑Bevern, Juliana Maria of Brunswick‑Wolfenbuttel | ||
Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (Oettingen, 20 March 1671 – Blankenberg 3 September 1747) was Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg. She was the maternal grandmother of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, Queen Elisabeth Christine of Prussia, Queen Juliane Marie of Denmark and Norway and Tsar Peter II of Russia; the maternal great-grandmother of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Tsar Ivan VI of Russia and Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; the maternal great-great-grandmother of King Leopold I of Belgium and the maternal great-great-great-grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Biography
Christine Louise was the third daughter of Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen and Duchess Christine Friederike of Wurttemberg (daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Wurttemberg).
She married Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg at Aurich in 1690. They had the following children who reached adulthood:
The marriages of her three daughters were arranged by her ambitious father-in-law, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel.