Ferdinand of Prussia

August Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia

Son of  Friedrich Wilhelm I., King in Prussia (1688-1740) and his wife Sophie Dorothea, Princess of Hannover (1687-1757)

Born: Berlin 23. May 1730

Godparents: Friedrich August I. (“Augustus the Strong”) Elector of Saxony and Ferdinand Albrecht, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern

Married: Charlottenburg 27. Sep 1755 his niece Luise, Princess of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1738-1820)

Issue:

• Friederike Elisabeth, Princess of Prussia (1761-1773)
• Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (1769-1773)
• Luise, Princess of Prussia (1770-1736) m. 1796 Anton Henryk, Prince Radziwill (1775-1833)
• Christian, Prince of Prussia (1771-1790)
• Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1772-k.a.1806)
• Paul, Prince of Prussia (1776-1776)
• August, Prince of Prussia (1779-1843)

Died: Berlin 2. May 1813

Buried: Berlin Cathedral

  

  

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1 and I/2, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Chrarlotte Pangels: "Königskinder im Rokoko. Die Geschwister Friedrichs des grossen". Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, München 1978