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Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia
Portrait of Prince Augustus Ferdinand at age 43Portrait by Anna Dorothea Therbusch, 1773
Born(1730-05-23)23 May 1730
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died2 May 1813(1813-05-02) (aged 82)
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
BurialBerlin Cathedral
Spouse Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt ​ ​(m. 1755)​
Issue
Names
German: August Ferdinand
English: Augustus Ferdinand
HouseHouse of Hohenzollern
FatherFrederick William I of Prussia
MotherSophia Dorothea of Hanover
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Frederick William I
Children
Prince Frederick Louis
Wilhelmine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Prince Friedrich William
Princess Charlotte Albertine
Frederick II
Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Prince Ludwig Karl Wilhelm
Sophia Dorothea, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Louisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden
Prince Augustus William
Anna Amalie, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Prince Henry
Prince Augustus Ferdinand

Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (German: August Ferdinand; 23 May 1730 – 2 May 1813) was a Prussian prince and general, as well as Herrenmeister ("Master of the Knights") of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Order of Saint John. He belonged to the House of Hohenzollern, and was the youngest son of Frederick William I of Prussia by his wife, Queen Sophia Dorothea.

Life

He was the youngest child of King Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. He was also a younger brother of King Frederick the Great (Frederick II of Prussia), Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden, and Wilhelmine Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

Already at the age of 5, he joined the Infantry regiment „Kronprinz“. In 1740, his brother named him commander of Infantry regiment Nr 34. In 1756, he became Major General and accompanied his brother the King on his campaigns in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia. He fought in the Battle of Breslau and the Battle of Leuthen. But in 1758, bad health forced him to leave the army. In 1762, he purchased Friedrichsfelde Palace near Berlin. Ferdinand is also remembered for having the Schloss Bellevue in the Berliner Tiergarten built in 1786, today seat of the Presidents of Germany.

On 12 September 1763 Ferdinand was elected as Master of the Knights of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Order of Saint John, a post he held until 1812.

Augustus died in Berlin on 2 May 1813, as the last surviving grandchild of George I of Great Britain. Elisabeth Louise would die seven years later, on 10 February 1820.

Marriage and children

Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia and family

He married his niece, Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, on 27 September 1755. She was a daughter of his older sister Sophia Dorothea and her husband Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Despite this family tie, she was only eight years younger than him, due to the significant age difference between him and his sister.

They had seven children:

  • Princess Friederike Elisabeth Dorothea Henriette Amalie (1 November 1761 – 28 August 1773) died young at aged 11.
  • Prince Friedrich Heinrich Emil Karl (21 October 1769 – 8 December 1773) died aged 4.
  • Princess Friederike Louise (1770–1836), married to Prince Antoni Radziwiłł. Had issue.
  • Prince Friedrich Christian Heinrich Ludwig (11 November 1771 – 8 October 1790) died aged 18, unmarried with no issue.
  • Prince Louis Ferdinand (1772–1806), killed in the Battle of Saalfeld. No legitimate issue.
  • Prince Friedrich Paul Heinrich August (29 November 1776 - 2 December 1776) died in infancy.
  • Prince Augustus (1779–1843), morganatic marriage (1832-1843) to Polish aristocrat Emilie von Ostrowska.

Gallery

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia
8. Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
4. Frederick I of Prussia
9. Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau
2. Frederick William I of Prussia
10. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (=12)
5. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
11. Sophia of the Palatinate (=13)
1. Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia
12. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (=10)
6. George I of Great Britain
13. Sophia of the Palatinate (=11)
3. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
14. George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
7. Sophia Dorothea of Celle
15. Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

References

  1. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 16.
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia House of HohenzollernBorn: 23 May 1730 Died: 2 May 1813
Preceded byMargrave Charles Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt Herrenmeister (Grand Master) of the Order of Saint John
1762–1812 		Succeeded byPrince Karl of Prussia
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^§ born after the abolishment of monarchy by the Weimar Constitution
^• Forfeit rights to the succession
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