Name Princess Dorothea | Grandchildren Maria Feodorovna | |
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Born 25 January 1719Berlin ( 1719-01-25 ) Issue Sophia Dorothea, Duchess of WurttembergElisabeth Louise, Princess Augustus Ferdinand of PrussiaPrince George Philip of PrussiaPhilippine, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel Children Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt Parents Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Frederick William I of Prussia Similar People Frederick William - Margrave, Frederick William I of Prussia, Maria Feodorovna, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Princess Anna Amalia of | ||
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (German: Sophia Dorothea Marie von Preußen) (25 January 1719 – 13 November 1765) was the ninth child and fifth daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. By marriage, she was a Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
Marriage and children
On 10 November 1734 in Potsdam, Sophia Dorothea married her Hohenzollern kinsman Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, son of Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. They had five children:
Frederick William was 19 years older than the princess and he was called the "mad Margrave" because of his pranks and rude manners. Their relationship was not happy, and eventually they lived in separate places: Sophie lived in the castle Montplaisir near the residence, and the Margrave lived in the castle of Schwedt. They only reconciled during Sophie's terminal illness, where she died in the Margrave's arms. She did not, reportedly, have the same spiritual interests of her sisters. The Margraviate of Schwedt was only a small holding, but enjoyed a prosperous economy due to immigrant Huguenots.