Marie Amalie of Brandenburg
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Cölln
Bertholdsburg Castle in Schleusingen
| Maria Amalia of Brandenburg-Schwedt | |
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 Portrait by Gedeon Romandon, 1695 | |
| Born | 26 November 1670 Cölln |
| Died | 17 November 1739 (aged 68) Bertholdsburg Castle in Schleusingen |
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| Issue Detail | Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg |
| Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
Maria Amalia of Brandenburg-Schwedt (26 November 1670 in Cölln – 17 November 1739 at Bertholdsburg Castle in Schleusingen) was a princess from the Brandenburg-Schwedt line of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz.
She was the daughter of the "Great Elector" Frederick William of Brandenburg from his second marriage with Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, daughter of Duke Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.[1]
Life
In 1709, while she was a duchess, she visited the William Fountain, a medicinal spring in Schleusingen. She promoted the development of Schleusingen as a spa.
She died in 1739, at the age of 68, at the castle in Schleusingen that had earlier served as the seat of the Counts of Henneberg-Schleusingen. She had received this castle as her widow seat. Via her daughter, she was related to the Landgraviate family in Hesse and on that basis, she was buried in the royal crypt in the Martinskirche, Kassel.
