Friedrich Wilhelm II. of Prussia

Friedrich Wilhelm II. King of Prussia (since 1786)

Son of August Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1722-1758) and his wife Luise Amalie, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722-1780)

Born: Berlin, 25 Sept 1744

Married:

1. Schloss Charlottenburg, 14. Jul 1765 (divorced 1759): Elisabeth Christine, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1746-1840)

2. Schloss Charlottenburg, 14. Jul 1769: Friederike Luise, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751-1805)

3. 1786 (morg.): Julie v. Voß, cr. Gräfin v. Ingenheim 1787 (1766-1789)

4. 1790 (morg., separated 1792): Sophie, Gräfin v. Dönhoff (1768-1838)

Issue by first marriage:

• Friederike, Princess of Prussia (1767-1820) m. 1791 Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827)

Issue by second marriage:

• Friedrich Wilhelm III. King of Prussia (1770-1840) m. 1793 Luise, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810); m. 1824 (morg.) Auguste Gräfin v. Harrach, cr. Fürstin v. Liegnitz (1800-1873)
• Christine, Princess of Prussia (1772-1773)
• Ludwig, Prince of Prussia (1773-1796) m. 1793 Friederike, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841)
• Wilhelmine, Princess of Prussia (1774-1837) m. 1791 Willem I. King of the Netherlands (1772-1843)
• Auguste, Princess of Prussia (1780-1841) m. 1797 Wilhelm II. Elector of Hesse (1777-1747)
• Karl, Prince of Prussia (1781-1846), Grand Master of the Order of St. John in Prussia
• Wilhelm, Pince of Prussia (1783-1851) m. 1804 Marie Anne, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1785-1846)

Illegitimate issue by Wilhelmine Encke, cr. Gräfin v. Lichtenau 1794 (1753-1820):

• 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.1820); m. Etienne, Chevalier de Thierry (d.1843)

Issue by third (morganatic) marriage:

• Gustav Adolf, Graf von Ingenheim (1789-1850) m.1826 Eugénie de Thiéry von der Mark (1808-1881)

Issue by fourth (morganatic) marriage:

• Friedrich Wilhelm, Graf von Brandenburg (1792-1850)
• Julie, Gräfin von Brandenburg (1793-1848) m. 1816 Ferdinand Friedrich, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769-1830)

Died: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, 16 Nov 1797

Buried: Berlin Cathedral

Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, Vittorio Klosterman 1998, and Vol. III/2, J.A. Stargardt 1983