Philippine Charlotte (1716–1801)

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Philippine Charlotte (1716–1801)

Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Born on March 13, 1716; died on February 17, 1801; daughter of Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Hanover (1687–1757) and Frederick William I (1688–1740), king of Prussia (r. 1713–1740); married Charles, duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel; children: Charles II (1716–1801), duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel; George (b. 1736); Sophie Caroline (1737–1817); Christian Ludwig (b. 1738); Anne Amelia of Saxe-Weimar (1739–1807); Lt. General Frederick Augustus (b. 1740); Albert Henry (b. 1742); Louise (1743–1744); Elizabeth of Brunswick (1746–1840); Friederike (1748–1758); Augusta Dorothea (1749–1803), abbess of Gandersheim; Maximilian (b. 1752).

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