Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (original) (raw)
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Danish and German princess
| Louise Albertine | |
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| Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg | |
| Reign | 18 May 1765 – 2 March 1769 |
| Born | (1748-07-21)21 July 1748Plön, Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön |
| Died | 2 March 1769(1769-03-02) (aged 20)Ballenstedt, Anhalt, Holy Roman Empire |
| Spouse | Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (m. ) |
| Issue | Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-BernburgPrincess Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg |
| House | Oldenburg (by birth)Ascania (by marriage) |
| Father | Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön |
| Mother | Christine Armgard von Reventlow |
Louise Albertine, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg (née Princess Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön; 21 July 1748 – 2 March 1769) was a member of the Danish royal family and the consort of Frederick Albert, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
Princess Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön was born in Plön on 21 July 1748 to Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, a member of a cadet branch of the Danish royal family, and his wife, Countess Christine Armgard von Reventlow (1711-1779). Her mother was the daughter of Christian Detlev, Count of Reventlow and a niece of Queen Anne Sophie of Denmark and Norway.
On 4 June 1763 Louise Albertine married Prince Frederick Albert of Anhalt-Bernburg in Augustenborg.[1] They had two children:
- Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1767-1834)
- Princess Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg (1769-1820)
In 1765 her husband succeeded his father, Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, as the Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg.
Painting by Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1759), from left to right: Princess Louise Albertine, Duke Frederick Charles, Princess Friederike Sophie, Duchess Christine Armgard, Dorothea Christina, an African servant, and Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine at Traventhal House
She died of measles a week after giving birth to her daughter, on 2 March 1769 in Ballenstedt. She is buried in the crypt of the Castle Church of St. Aegidien in Bernburg.[_citation needed_]
- ^ "Oldenburg 10". genealogy.euweb.cz.