Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

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Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg Schwedt, Duchess of Württemberg

Friederike Dorothee Sophie of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Schwedt, December 18, 1736 - Stuttgart, March 9, 1798) was Duchess of Württemberg and ancestor to many European royals of the 19th and 20th century.

She was daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.

She married on November 2 1753 Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and had twelve children.

1. Frederick Wilhelm Karl (6 November 1754 – 30 October 1816), his successor, who would later become the first King of Württemberg;
2. Louis Frederick Alexander (30 August 1756 – 20 September 1817), of whom Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is a direct descendant;
3. Eugene Frederick Henry (1758 – 20 June 1822);
4. Sophie Marie Dorothea (25 October 1759 – 5 November 1828), married to Paul I, Emperor of Russia), of whom Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Sofia of Spain are direct descendants;;
5. William Frederick Philip (27 December 1761 – 10 August 1830); father of Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach
6. Ferdinand Augustus Frederick (22 October 1763 – 20 January 1834);
7. Friederike Elisabeth Amalie (27 July 1765 – 24 November 1785), married to Peter, Duke of Oldenburg;
8. Elisabeth Wilhelmine Luise (21 April 1767 – 18 February 1790), married to Francis I, Emperor of Austria;
9. Friederike Wilhelmine Katharina (born and died 1768);
10. Charles Frederick Henry (3 May 1770 – 22 August 1791);
11. Alexander Frederick Charles (24 April 1771 – 4 July 1833), the founder of the fifth branch of Württemberg, from which today's head of the House, Duke Carl Maria of Württemberg
12. Charles Henry (3 July 1772 – 28 July 1833);

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• Her daughter Sophie Dorothea married Emperor Paul I of Russia and become Empress Marie Feodorovna. The Empress was mother to (among others) Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I of Russia as well as Queen Anna Paulowna of the Netherlands (from whom the current Dutch royal family is descended) and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, great-grandmother of German Emperor William II.
• Through her second son Louis she is also great-great-great-great-grandmother of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

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This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.