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Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
| Princess Christine Louise | |
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 Princess Christine Louise | |
| Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
| Tenure | 23 March 1731 – 1 March 1735 |
| Born | (1671-03-20)20 March 1671 Oettingen |
| Died | 3 September 1747(1747-09-03) (aged 76) Blankenberg |
| Spouse |
Louis Rudolph I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(m. 1690; died 1735) |
| Issue | |
| House | Oettingen-Oettingen |
| Father | Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen |
| Mother | Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg |
Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (20 March 1671 – 3 September 1747) was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the maternal grandmother of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa, Emperor Peter II of Russia and also Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Early life
Christine Louise was born as the third daughter of Albert Ernest I, Prince of Öttingen-Öttingen (1642-1683) and his first wife, Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg (1644-1674), daughter of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and his first wife Anna Katharina, Wild- and Rheingräfin of Salm-Kyrburg (1614-1655).
Marriage
She married Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg at Aurich in 1690. They had four daughters, but only three reached adulthood:
- Princess Elisabeth Christine (1691–1750), married Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
- Princess Charlotte Auguste (1692–1692)
- Princess Charlotte Christine (1694–1715), married Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son and heir.
- Antoinette Amalie, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762), who married in 1712 her cousin Prince Ferdinand Albert of Brunswick-Lüneburg, heir of her father.
The marriages of her three daughters were arranged by her ambitious father-in-law, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Ancestry
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| Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen House of Oettingen-OettingenBorn: 20 March 1671 Died: 3 September 1747 | ||
| German royalty | ||
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| Preceded byPrincess Elisabeth Sophie Marie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Norburg | Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1731–1735 |
VacantTitle next held byPrincess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia |