Wilhelmine Encke

Wilhelmine Encke (also spelled Enke), created Gräfin von Lichtenau in 1794

Daughter of Johann Elias Encke, musician at the court of King Friedrich II. of Prussia, and Maria Susanna Schnetzer

Born: Dessau 29. Dec 1753

“Maitresse en titre” of Friedrich Wilhelm II., King of Prussia (1744-1797) c. 1764-1782

Married:

1.      c.1782 (div.) Johann Friedrich Rietz (22. May 1755 – 19.9.1809), Friedrich Wilhelm II.’s valet

2.      Breslau 3. May 1802 (div. 1806) Franz Ignaz Holbein von Holbeinsberg (Zistersdorf, Lower Austria 27. Aug 1779 – Vienna 5. Sep 1855), Austrian playwrite

Issue by Friedrich Wilhelm II. of Prussia:

• Daughter (1770-?)
• Christina Sophia Friederica von Lützenburg (25. Aug 1777 – Berlin 31. Aug 1777)
• Alexander, Graf von der Mark (1779-1787)
• Marianne, Gräfin von der Mark (1880-1814) m. 1797 (div. 1799) Friedrich, Erbgraf von Stolberg-Stolberg (1769-1805); m.1801 (div. 1807) Caspar von Miaskowski (d. 9. May 1820); m. Etienne, Chevalier de Thierry (d. 8. Dec 1843)

Died: Berlin 9. Jun 1820

Buried: Hedwigskirche, Berlin; when the crypt was used as air-raid shelter during World War II, the cascet was transferred to the Hedwigskirchhof cemetrery in Berlin, which later became part of the no man’s land of the Berlin Wall.

   

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/2, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann