Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Antoinette Amalie; 14 April 1696 – 6 March 1762) was a Duchess of
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by marriage to
Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was the mother of the
Queen of Prussia
The Queen of Prussia (german: Königin von Preußen) was the queen consort of the ruler of the Kingdom of Prussia, from its establishment in 1701 to its abolition in 1918. As all rulers of Prussia had to be male, there was never a Queen regnant ...
, the
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and the
Queen of Denmark and Norway.
Life
Antoinette Amalie was the youngest of four daughters born to
Louis Rudolph of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife
Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen. Her older sister was
Elisabeth Christine, mother of
Empress Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position '' suo jure'' (in her own right) ...
. Her other surviving sister
Charlotte Christine was the daughter-in-law of
Peter the Great of Russia
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
.
Marriage
15 October 1712 saw her marriage to her father's first cousin
Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, son of
Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern and
Princess Christine of Hesse-Eschwege.
The marriage was described as very happy and Antoinette was the mother of eight sons and six daughters. In March 1735, her father the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg died and her husband succeeded him. Her husband himself died September the same year. The Dowager Duchess went on to survive her husband for 27 years.
Issue
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Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1 August 1713 – 26 March 1780) married
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia and had issue.
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Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (28 August 1714 – 4 May 1774) married
Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia and had issue.
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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (28 August 1691 – 21 December 1750) was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Empe ...
(8 November 1715 – 13 January 1797) married
Frederick II of Prussia, no issue.
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Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (25 September 1718 – 12 May 1788) died unmarried.
#August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1719–1720)
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Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (12 January 1721 – 3 July 1792) died unmarried.
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Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (29 January 1722 – 13 January 1780) married
Prince Augustus William of Prussia
Prince Augustus William of Prussia (german: August Wilhelm; 9 August 1722 – 12 June 1758) was a son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and a younger brother and general of King Frederick II (Frederick the Great).
Augustus was the second su ...
and had issue.
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Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13/23 January 1724 – 17 May 1802) married
Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (8 March 1724, in Saalfeld – 8 September 1800, in Coburg), was a Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
Biography
He was the eldest son of Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anna Sophie of Sc ...
and had issue.
#Albert of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1725–1745) died unmarried.
#Charlotte Christine Louise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1725–1766) Canoness in
Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg () is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. As an influential and prosperous trading centre during the early Middle Ages, Quedlinburg became a center of in ...
, died unmarried.
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Theresa Natalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (4 June 1728 – 26 June 1778) Princess-Abbess of
Gandersheim, died unmarried.
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Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (Danish: ''Juliane Marie''; 4 September 1729 – 10 October 1796) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1752 to 1766 as the second consort of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway. She was mother to ...
(4 September 1729 – 10 October 1796) married
Frederick V of Denmark and had issue.
#Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1731–1732) died in infancy.
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Frederick Francis of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1732–1758) died unmarried.
Ancestry
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Antoinette Of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Duchess
1696 births
1762 deaths
House of Brunswick-Bevern
17th-century German people
18th-century German people
Duchesses of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Burials at Brunswick Cathedral