Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709–1758)
Author of The Misfortunate Margravine: The Early Memoirs of Wilhelmina, Margravine of Bayreuth, Sister of Frederick the Great
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Image credit: Wilhelmine von Bayreuth in 1745 (Wikipedia)
Works by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth
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- Other names
- Bayreuth, Wilhelmine Markgräfin von (Ehename)
Preußen, Wilhelmine Prinzessin von (Geburtsname) - Birthdate
- 1709-07-03
- Date of death
- 1758-10-14
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Prussia
- Country (for map)
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
- Place of death
- Bayreuth, Germany
- Places of residence
- Berlin, Germany
Bayreuth, Germany - Occupations
- princess
composer - Relationships
- Frederick the Great (brother)
- Organizations
- House of Hohenzollern
- Short biography
- Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia was the eldest daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia and his Queen Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was the older sibling and lifelong confidante of her brother Frederick the Great. In 1731, she married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. When he inherited the title of margrave from his father in 1735, the couple carried out an ambitious -- and expensive -- building project that shaped the present-day town of Bayreuth. The margravine was also a composer, musician, and patron of music. She wrote her memoirs, which were first printed in 1810. The memoirs were translated into English and edited by Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein in 1887.
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** Mary Anne Clarke, mistress of Frederick, the Duke of York
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