Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Princess Sophia Dorothea with her husband Frederick William, by Antoine Pesne
Born	(1719-01-25)25 January 1719 Berlin
Died	13 November 1765(1765-11-13) (aged 46) Schwedt
Spouse	Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Issue	Sophia Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg Elisabeth Louise, Princess Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia Prince George Philip of Prussia Philippine, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel
Full name German: Sophia Dorothea Marie
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Frederick William I of Prussia
Mother	Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (German: Sophia Dorothea Marie von Preußen) (25 January 1719 – 13 November 1765) was the ninth child and fifth daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. By marriage, she was a Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

On 10 November 1734 in Potsdam, Sophia Dorothea married her Hohenzollern kinsman Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, son of Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. They had five children:

Frederick William was 19 years older than the princess and he was called the "mad Margrave" because of his pranks and rude manners. Their relationship was not happy, and eventually they lived in separate places: Sophie lived in the castle Montplaisir near the residence, and the Margrave lived in the castle of Schwedt. She did not, reportedly, have the same spiritual interests of her sisters. The Margraviate of Schwedt was only a small holding, but enjoyed a prosperous economy due to immigrant Huguenots.