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#Repost #historicalroyals #inrepostme #insaver_best —— Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1716-1801). She was the fourth daughter of King Frederick Wilhelm I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• She grew up at the court in Berlin, where she and her siblings shared a complicated childhood as their father was both violent and erratic. However, she seems to have had it better than her eldest sister Wilhelmine, whose governess beat her almost daily. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• On 2 July (1733), Philippine Charlotte married Karl, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. A marriage that seems to have been harmonious and that resulted in the birth of thirteen children, of which nine reached adulthood. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• As a person, Philippine Charlotte was described as subtle, highly educated and a child of the enlightenment as she loved culture and advocated science. She used these characteristics in her role as Duchess, and was a well-known intellectual in German cultural life. Her own court focused on the circle of conversation she held before and after dinner in her state apartments in the Grauer Hof, to which she attracted scholars and men of letters with positions at court. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• She became a widow in (1780), after which she lived a quiet life until her own death on 17 February (1801), at the age of 84. #royalhistory #germanroyals #philippinecharlotteofprussia #princessofprussia #duchessofbrunswickwolfenbüttel #houseofhohenzollern #duchyofbrunswick #eighteenthcentury #historicalroyals (presso Villa Lante Bagnaia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-VLL5h8vL/?igshid=j9cho8aiqti4