Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia

Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (German: Philippine Charlotte von Preußen) (born Berlin, 13 March 1716; died Brunswick, 17 February 1801) was the fourth child and third daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.

On 2 July 1733 in Berlin, Princess Philippine Charlotte married Duke Charles of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, eldest son of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Charles inherited the dukedom on his father's death in 1735.

Charles and Philippine had thirteen children^[1] :

Charles William Ferdinand (9 October 1735 - 10 November 1806), married Princess Augusta Frederika of Wales, a sister of George III of Great Britain
Georg Franz (29 September 1736 - 10 December 1737)
Christian Ludwig (13 November 1738 - 12 April 1742)
Sofie Karoline (7 October 1737 - 21 December 1817), married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Anna Amalia (24 October 1739 - 10 April 1807), married Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Frederick Augustus (29 October 1740 - 8 October 1805)
Albrecht Heinrich (26 February 1742 - 8 August 1761), died childless
Luise (18 December 1743 - 22 February 1744)
Wilhelm Adolf (18 May 1745 - 24 August 1770), died childless
Elizabeth Christine Ulrike (8 November 1746 - 18 February 1840), married King Frederick William II of Prussia (divorced)
Friederike (8 April 1748 - 22 January 1758)
Augusta Dorothea, Abbess of Gandersheim (2 October 1749 - 10 March 1803)
Maximilian Julius Leopold (11 October 1752 - 24 April 1785), died childless