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The margravine made Bayreuth one of the chief intellectual centers of the Holy Roman Empire, surrounding herself with a court of wits and artists that accrued added prestige from the occasional visits of Voltaire and Frederick the Great.
Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1748), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was the eldest sister of King Frederick II of Prussia. Highly cultivated and deeply interested in the sciences, she formed a small book collection in her Berlin years.
Margravine Wilhelmine was without a doubt one of the most outstanding women of the 18th century. Unlike Tsarina Elizabeth or Maria Theresia for example, Wilhelmine's successes were achieved not in politics but in the intellectual and artistic world.
Princess – and later Margravine – Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine was born on 3 July 1709, as the daughter of the soldier king Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophie Dorothea of the House of Hanover.
She was employed at the court of Prussia as maid of honour to Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and followed the princess to Bayreuth upon the princess' marriage in 1731. In 1730s, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, made her his official favorite: is regarded likely that he abused his position and that Wilhelmine Dorothee did not become his mistress voluntarily.
21 de dez. de 2022 · Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758) was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was a sister of Frederick II the Great, Louisa Ulrika, queen of Sweden, Anna Amalia of Prussia and Luise of Prussia. On 1731 she married Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711-1763).
German, Bayreuth - Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, 18th century. This small portrait, painted in gouache on ivory, depicts Wilhemine of Prussia in a seated position wearing a fancy blue dress, a blue ribbon tied around her neck and her gray hair in tight curls.
