Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
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Princess Christine Louise | |
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![]() Princess Christine Louise | |
Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
Tenure | 23 March 1731 – 1 March 1735 |
Born | Oettingen | 20 March 1671
Died | 3 September 1747 Blankenberg | (aged 76)
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House | Oettingen-Oettingen |
Father | Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen |
Mother | Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg |
Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (20 March 1671 in Oettingen – 3 September 1747 in Blankenberg) was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the maternal grandmother of Empress Maria Theresa I, The Holy Roman Empress, Emperor Peter II of Russia and also Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Early life[]
Christine Louise was the third daughter of Albert Ernest I, Prince of Öttingen-Öttingen and Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg, daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and his first wife Anna Katharina, Wild- and Rheingräfin of Salm-Kyrburg.
Marriage[]
She married Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg at Aurich in 1690. They had four daughters, but only three reached adulthood:
- Princess Elisabeth Christine (1691–1750), married Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
- Charlotte Auguste (1692–1692)
- Princess Charlotte Christine (1694–1715), married Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son and heir.
- Antoinette Amalie, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762), who succeeded her father after his death and co-ruled with his cousin Prince Ferdinand Albert of Brunswick-Lüneburg, whom she married in 1712.
The marriages of her three daughters were arranged by her ambitious father-in-law, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Ancestry[]
showAncestors of Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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Sources[]
- 1671 births
- 1747 deaths
- House of Oettingen-Oettingen
- People from Oettingen in Bayern
- Duchesses of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- New House of Brunswick