Karl I. of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Karl I. Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Son of Ferdinand Albrecht II. Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680-1735) and his wife Antoinette Amalie, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696-1762)

Born: Brunswick 1. Aug 1713

Married: Berlin 2. Jul 1733 Philippine Charlotte, Princess of Prussia (1716-1801). Karl’s sister Elisabeth Charlotte was married to King Friedrich II. of Prussia, his sister Luise to Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, both brothers of Princess Philippine Charlotte.

Issue:

• Karl II., Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-k.a.1806) m. 1764 Augusta, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1737-1813)
• Georg, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1736-1737)
• Sophie Caroline, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1737-1821) m. 1759 Friedrich III., Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711-1763)
• Christian Ludwig, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1738-1742)
• Anna Amalia, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739-1807) m. 1756 Ernst August II. Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach-Eisenach (1737-1858)
• Friedrich August, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1740-1805)
• Heinrich, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1742-1761)
• Luise Friederike, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1743-1744)
• Wilhelm Adolf, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1745-1770)
• Elisabeth Christine, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1746-1840) m. 1765 (div. 1759) Friedrich Wilhelm II. King of Prussia (1744-1797)
• Friederike, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1748-1758)
• Augusta Dorothea, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1749-1803), Abbess of Gandersheim
• Leopold, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1752-1785)

Died: Brunswick 26. Mar 1780 after suffering a stroke

Buried: Brunswick Cathedral

Source: Chrarlotte Pangels: "Königskinder im Rokoko. Die Geschwister Friedrichs des grossen". Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey, München 1978;