Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Danish: Sofie Frederikke af Mecklenburg-Schwerin; 24 August 1758 — 29 November 1794), was a Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Her father was Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, second son of Christian Louis II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and her mother was Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
She married Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway, the son of King Frederick V of Denmark and his second wife Juliane Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Sophia Frederica and Prince Frederick had the following surviving children:
- Hereditary Prince Christian Frederick (1786-1848), 1814-1814 King of Norway and later, 1839-49 King of Denmark (Christian VIII)
- Hereditary Prince Frederik Ferdinand (1792-1863), childless
- Princess Juliane Sophie (1788-1850), married Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
- Princess Louise Charlotte (1789-1864), married Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
