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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

1715 - 1797

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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (8 November 1715 – 13 January 1797) was Queen of Prussia (Queen in Prussia until 1772) and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederick the Great. She was the longest-serving Prussian queen, with a tenure of more than 46 years. She was praised for her charity work during the Seven Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern is the 268th most popular companion (down from 193rd in 2019), the 978th most popular biography from Germany (down from 729th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Companion.

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern was the daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. She was born in 1718 and died in 1780. She was married to Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was most famous for her correspondence with Voltaire.

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Among companions, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ranks 268 out of 784. Before her are Elisabeth of Romania, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Louise of Great Britain, Martha Washington, Nazli Sabri, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. After her are Christina of Saxony, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Eleanor of Castile, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Agnes of Antioch, and Queen Inhyeon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ranks 4. Before her are Peter II of Russia, Claude Adrien Helvétius, and Robert-François Damiens. After her are Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau. Among people deceased in 1797, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ranks 9. Before her are Mary Wollstonecraft, Horace Walpole, Edmund Burke, François-Noël Babeuf, James Hutton, and Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar. After her are Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Vilna Gaon, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ranks 978 out of 7,253. Before her are Julius Schreck (1898), Gottfried Semper (1803), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), and Carl Gustav Hempel (1905). After her are Hans Scholl (1918), Christina of Saxony (1461), Agnes of Merania (1175), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Mechtilde (1241), and Hartmann von Aue (1160).

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Among companions born in Germany, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ranks 45. Before her are Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792). After her are Christina of Saxony (1461), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792).

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