Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt explained

Albertine
Succession:Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg
Reign:22 May 1733 – 7 September 1750
Spouse:Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Issue:Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Charlotte Wilhelmine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Princess Marie Karoline
Friederike, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
Christine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
House:Hohenzollern (by birth)
Ascania (by marriage)
Father:Prince Albert Frederick of Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Mother:Princess Maria Dorothea Kettler of Courland
Full Name:Sophie Friederike Albertine
Birth Date:21 April 1712
Birth Place:Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Place:Bernburg, Anhalt
Holy Roman Empire

Albertine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Princess Albertine of Brandenburg-Schwedt; 21 April 1712 – 7 September 1750) was the second wife of Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.[1]

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. She was his second wife. His first wife, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau, had died the year before in childbirth. Albertine and Victor Frederick had five children:

She died on 7 September 1750 in Bernburg. She was buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St. Aegidien.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Biermann, Georg . Cicerone: halbmonatsschrift für künstler, kunstfreunde und sammler . 1910 . Klinkhardt and Biermann. . de.