Luise Ulrike of Prussia

Luise Ulrike Princess of Prussia, named for her paternal great-grandmother Luise Henriette of Orange and her godmother Queen Ulrika of Sweden. As Queen of Sweden called Lovisa Ulrika.

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

Born: Berlin 24. Jul 1720

Godmother: Queen Ulrika Elenonora of Sweden

Married: Drottningholm 29. Aug 1744 Adolf Fredrik, King of Sweden (1710-1777)

Issue:

• Gustav III. King of Sweden (1746-assassinated 1792) m. 1766 Sophie Magdalena, Princess of Denmark (1746-1813)
• Karl XIII. King of Sweden and Norway (1748-1818) m. 1774 Hedwig Duchess of Oldenburg (1759-1818)
• Fredrik Adolf, Duke of Ostergötland (1750-1803)
• Sofia Albertina, Princess of Sweden (1753-1829), Abbess of Quedlinburg

Died: Svartsjö Palace, Sweden

Buried: Riddarholmskyrkan (Riddarholm Church), Stockholm

Source: Chrarlotte Pangels: "Königskinder im Rokoko. Die Geschwister Friedrichs des grossen". Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, München 1978;