Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Albertine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Princess Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt; 21 April 1712 – 7 September 1750) was the second wife and consort of Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Albertine
Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg
Reign22 May 1733 – 7 September 1750
Born(1712-04-21)21 April 1712
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died7 September 1750(1750-09-07) (aged 38)
Bernburg, Anhalt
Holy Roman Empire
SpouseVictor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
IssueFrederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Charlotte Wilhelmine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Princess Marie Karoline
Friederike, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
Christine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
Full name
Sophie Friederike Albertine
HouseHohenzollern (by birth)
Ascania (by marriage)
FatherPrince Albert Frederick of Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
MotherPrincess Maria Dorothea Kettler of Courland.

Biography

Sophie Friederike Albertine of Bradenburg-Schwedt was born in Berlin on 21 April 1712 as the third daughter of Prince Albert Frederick of Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Maria Dorothea Kettler of Courland. Her mother was a daughter of Frederick Casimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Countess Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Siegen. Her paternal grandparents were Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

On 22 May 1733 she married Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg in Potsdam, becoming the Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg.[1] She was his second wife. His first wife, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau, had died the year before. Albertine and Victor Frederick had five children:[2]

She died on 7 September 1750 in Bernburg.[3] She was buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St. Aegidien.[4][5]

References
  1. "Ascania 8". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.
  2. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.
  3. "Hohenzollern 3". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.
  4. "brandenburg". www.royaltyguide.nl. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved Jun 17, 2019.
  5. "Bernburg". Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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