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Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia (3 July 1709 – 14 October 1758) was a princess of Prussia (the older sister of Frederick the Great) and a composer. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, and a granddaughter of George I of Great Britain.
Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1748), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was the eldest sister of King Frederick II of Prussia. Highly cultivated and deeply interested in the sciences, she formed a small book collection in her Berlin years.
From a historical point of view it was due to Margravine Wilhelmine that Bayreuth became a milestone in the art and cultural history of Germany. She died at the age of 49 on 14 October 1758 and was buried in the palace church.
German, Bayreuth - Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, 18th century. This small portrait, painted in gouache on ivory, depicts Wilhemine of Prussia in a seated position wearing a fancy blue dress, a blue ribbon tied around her neck and her gray hair in tight curls.
In this informative animated film about Margravine Wilhelmine, you will learn about her early years in Berlin and Potsdam, about her first impressions of the small town of Bayreuth, to which she became married, and about her creative work. The explanatory film about Margravine Wilhelmine – Bayreuth. Watch on.
The chapter focuses on the figure of Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine, 1709–1758), Frederick the Great’s older and favourite sister, then Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Wilhelmine plays a central role within the German philosophical debate in the 1740s.
Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia (3 July 1709 – 14 October 1758) was a princess of the German Kingdom of Prussia (Older sister of Frederick II of Prussia and songwriter she was the eldest daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, and granddaughter of George I of Great Britain in 1731, she ...
