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unusual facts about Sophie Charlotte


Sophie Charlotte

Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847–1897), Duchess of Alençon and born Duchess in Bavaria



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Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (15 October 1733 in Neustadt an der Aisch – 8 October 1757 in Jagdschloss Seidingstadt in Straufhain) was a member of the Kulmbach-Bayreuth branch of the Franconian line of the House of Hohenzollern and was, by marriage, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria

After the marriage of her older sister, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria to 1861 to the Neapolitan Prince Luis of the Two Sicilies, her parents then looked for a suitable husband for Sophie Charlotte.

Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XI was born at Greiz, Reuss, youngest child of Count Heinrich II Reuss of Obergreiz (1696–1722), (son of Heinrich VI, Count Reuss of Greiz and Baroness Henriette Amalie of Friesen) and his wife, Countess Sophie Charlotte of Bothmer (1697–1748), (daughter of Count Johann Kaspar of Bothmer and Gisela Erdmuth of Hoym).

Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XIII was born at Greiz, Reuss, third child of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1722–1800), (son of Count Heinrich II Reuss of Obergreiz and Countess Sophie Charlotte of Bothmer) and his wife, Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz (1719–1770), (daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz and Baroness Marie Eleonore Emma of Promnitz-Dittersbach).