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Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern (8 November 1715, Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel

Wolfenb?ttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Braunschweig. It is the seat of the Wolfenb?ttel and of the bishop of the Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick....
 – 13 January 1797) was a Prussian queen, queen consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 of king Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a monarch of Kingdom of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Margraviate of Brandenburg....
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was born the daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg
Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Ferdinand Albert , Duke of Brunswick-L?neburg, was an officer in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He was prince of Brunswick-Wolfenb?ttel during 1735....
. On 12 June 1733 she married Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a monarch of Kingdom of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Margraviate of Brandenburg....
 at her father's estate in Salzdahlum.






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Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern (8 November 1715, Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel

Wolfenb?ttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Braunschweig. It is the seat of the Wolfenb?ttel and of the bishop of the Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick....
 – 13 January 1797) was a Prussian queen, queen consort
Queen consort

A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning Monarch. Queens consort usually share their husbands' Royal and noble ranks and hold the feminine equivalent of their husbands' monarchical titles....
 of king Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a monarch of Kingdom of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Margraviate of Brandenburg....
.

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She was born the daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg
Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Ferdinand Albert , Duke of Brunswick-L?neburg, was an officer in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He was prince of Brunswick-Wolfenb?ttel during 1735....
. On 12 June 1733 she married Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a monarch of Kingdom of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Margraviate of Brandenburg....
 at her father's estate in Salzdahlum. Before the wedding the couple acted in a pastoral
Pastoral

Pastoral, as an adjective, refers to the lifestyle of shepherds and pastoralists, moving livestock around larger areas of land according to seasons and availability of water and food....
. The best flute player of the three shepherds got her hand. The next day an opera by Carl Heinrich Graun
Carl Heinrich Graun

Carl Heinrich Graun was a German composer and tenor singer. Along with Johann Adolf Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time....
 was performed. Then she moved with him to Neu-Ruppin
Neuruppin

Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Located on the shore of the Ruppiner See , it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin....
 and later to the palace at Rheinsberg
Rheinsberg

Rheinsberg is a town and a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Rhin, approx. 20 km north-east of Neuruppin and 75 km north-west of Berlin....
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As this was an involuntary marriage
Marriage

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, Frederick almost completely ignored Elizabeth and the marriage did not result in children. Directly following his father's death, Frederick initiated the break up between the two. After Frederick became King in 1740, Elisabeth lived apart from him in Schönhausen Palace
Schönhausen Palace

Sch?nhausen Palace is a Baroque architecture palace in Berlin's borough of Niedersch?nhausen in the administrative district of Pankow. It is surrounded by gardens through which the River Panke runs....
, nowadays in the north of Berlin
Berlin

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, which she got as a present. He never came to see her and she was never invited to his palace Sanssouci
Sanssouci

Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, at Potsdam, near Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Palace of Versailles....
 in Potsdam
Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
. The couple met at family reunions. As there was no offspring, the king had many concerns for dynastic obligations.

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