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Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia (3 July 1709 – 14 October 1758) was a princess of Prussia (the older sister of Frederick the Great) and a composer. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, and a granddaughter of George I of Great Britain.
Jun 29, 2024 · Wilhelmina (born July 3, 1709, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]—died Oct. 14, 1758, Bayreuth, Upper Franconia) was the sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia and margravine of Bayreuth (from 1735). She shared the unhappy childhood of her brother, whose friend and confidante she remained most of her life.
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From a historical point of view it was due to Margravine Wilhelmine that Bayreuth became a milestone in the art and cultural history of Germany. She died at the age of 49 on 14 October 1758 and was buried in the palace church.
Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1748), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was the eldest sister of King Frederick II of Prussia. Highly cultivated and deeply interested in the sciences, she formed a small book collection in her Berlin years.
Princess – and later Margravine – Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine was born on 3 July 1709, as the daughter of the soldier king Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophie Dorothea of the House of Hanover. The young princess grew up in an ambitioned household. Her mother was pursuing a plan to make her the next queen of England.
The chapter focuses on the figure of Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine, 1709–1758), Frederick the Great’s older and favourite sister, then Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Wilhelmine plays a central role within the German philosophical debate in the 1740s.
German, Bayreuth - Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, 18th century. This small portrait, painted in gouache on ivory, depicts Wilhemine of Prussia in a seated position wearing a fancy blue dress, a blue ribbon tied around her neck and her gray hair in tight curls.
