Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Biography
Birth: Nov 08, 1746 at Wolfenbüttel
Death: Feb 18, 1840 at Stettin
Daughter of Karl I of Brunswick and Phillipine Charlotte of Prussia. On July 14, 1765, she married Frederick William, who later became the King of Prussia. They had one daughter, Frederica Charlotte (who later became Duchess of York), but their marriage was dissolved in 1769.
Also known as
- Elisabeth Christine of Prussia
- Elisabeth Christine Ulrike, Prinzessin von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Life with James Boswell
Boswell danced with her at the court of Brunswick on August 13, 1764. Following his last night in Brunswick, August 21, he wrote that "I must not forget to mark that I fell in love with the beauteous Princess Elizabeth. I talked of carrying her off from the Prince of Prussia, and so occassioning a second Trojan War."
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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg is mentioned in:
- Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764
