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Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and the Queen of Denmark and Norway.
| Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
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 Portrait by Christoph Bernhard Francke | |
| Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
| Tenure | 1 March 1735 – 2 September 1735 |
| Born | 14 April 1696 Wolfenbüttel, Germany |
| Died | 6 March 1762 (aged 65) Brunswick, Germany |
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| Issue among others.... | Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duke Anthony Ulrich Elisabeth Christine, Queen of Prussia Duke Louis Ernest Duke Ferdinand Luise, Princess of Prussia Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Teresa Natalia, Abbess of Gandersheim Juliana Maria, Queen of Denmark Duke Frederick Francis |
| Father | Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Mother | Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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. Her other surviving sister Charlotte Christine was the daughter-in-law of Peter the Great of Russia.
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 Amalie was the mother of eight sons and six daughters, 12 of whom lived to adulthood. In March 1735, her father, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, died and her husband succeeded him. Her husband himself died on September 2 of the same year, and Antoinette Amalie, who was pregnant for the 21st time, miscarried later that day. The Dowager Duchess went on to survive her husband for 27 years.
After her husband's death, Antoinette Amalie lived in Antoinettenruh Castle in Wolfenbüttel, which her father Ludwig Rudolf had built for her as a summer residence. However, she died in Brunswick.[1] Since 1762 1313 volumes from her private library are owned by the Herzog August Bibliothek.[2]
Antoinette Amalie also suffered seven miscarriages:
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