Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg

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HRH The Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
Titles Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

Dowager Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Dowager Duchess of Courland
Princess of Brandenburg

Reign 3 June 1714 - 24 November 1724
Predecessor Princess Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Successor Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
Biographical Information
Born 5 April 1674

Colln, Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire

Died 22 November 1748 (aged 74)

Romhild, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy Roman Empire

Spouse Duke Frederick Casimir of Courland

(m. 1691; w. 1698)
Margrave Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
(m. 1703; w. 1712)
Duke Ernst Ludwig I of Saxe-Meiningen
(m. 1714; w. 1724)

Name Elisabeth Sophie
House Hohenzollern (by birth)

Kettler (by marriage) Saxe-Meiningen (by marriage)

Father Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg
Mother Princess Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein
Religion Lutheran

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
by Duke Frederick Casimir of Courland
Frederick William 19 July 1692 21 January 1711 (aged 18) Empress Anna of Russia (m. 1710)
Leopold Charles Kettler 14 December 1693 21 July 1697 (aged 3) Died in childhood

Titles and Honours

  • 1674-1691 Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
  • 1691-1698 Elisabeth Sophie, Duchess of Courland
  • 1698-1703 Elisabeth Sophie, Dowager Duchess of Courland
  • 1703-1712 Elisabeth Sophie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
  • 1712-1714 Elisabeth Sophie, Dowager Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
  • 1714-1724 Elisabeth Sophie, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
  • 1724-1748 Elisabeth Sophie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg Elector George William of Brandenburg

Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate

Margrave John Sigismund of Brandenburg

Princess Anna of Prussia

Elector Frederick IV of the Palatinate

Princess Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau

Elector Joachim Frederick of Brandenburg

Princess Catherine of Brandenburg-Kustrin
Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia
Princess Marie Eleonore of Cleves
William, Prince of Orange
Princess Charlotte of Bourbon

Princess Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein Duke Philip of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenberg

Duke John II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Princess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen Duke Francis II of Saxe-Lauenberg Princess Maria of Brunswick-Luneburg

King Christian III of Denmark

Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Duke Ernest III of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

Princess Margaret of Pomerania Duke Francis I of Saxe-Lauenberg
Princess Sibylle of Saxony
Duke Julius of Brunswick-Luneburg
Princess Hedwig of Brandenburg

Notes

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