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| Spouse | Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
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| Princess Friederike of Prussia Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Prussia Princess Louise of Prussia Prince Heinrich of Prussia Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Prince Friedrich Paul of Prussia Prince Augustus of Prussia |
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| House | House of Hohenzollern |
| Father | Frederick William I of Prussia |
| Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
| Born | 23 May 1730 Berlin |
| Died | 2 May 1813 (aged 82) Berlin |
Prince August Ferdinand of Prussia (German: August Ferdinand von Preußen; 23 May 1730, Berlin – 2 May 1813, Berlin) was a Prussian Prince and general. He belonged to the House of Hohenzollern, and was a son of Frederick William I of Prussia by his wife Queen Sophia Dorothea.
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Family
He was the youngest child of King Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.[1] He was also a younger brother of King Frederick the Great (Frederick II of Prussia), Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden, and Wilhelmine Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Marriage and children
He married his niece, Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, on 27 September 1755.[2] She was a daughter of his older sister Sophia Dorothea and her husband Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Despite this family tie, she was only eight years younger than him.
They had seven children:
- Friederike Elisabeth Dorothea Henriette Amalie, Princess of Prussia (1761-1773)
- Friedrich Heinrich Emil Karl, Prince of Prussia (1769-1773)
- Friederike Dorothea Luise Philippine, Princess of Prussia (1770-1836), married to Prince Antoni Radziwiłł
- Heinrich Friedrich Carl Ludwig (1771–1790)
- Friedrich Ludwig Christian (1772–1806)
- Friedrich Paul Heinrich August, Prince of Prussia (1776)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich August, Prince of Prussia (1779–1843)
Augustus died in Berlin on 2 May 1813. Elisabeth Louise would die seven years later, on 10 February 1820.
Ancestry
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Augustus' ancestors in three generations
References
Sources
- Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: August Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen". http://thepeerage.com/p10182.htm#i101814. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- Family Tree
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