Henrietta Maria of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Henriette Marie of Hohenzollern ( born March 2, 1702 probably Berlin, † May 7, 1782 at Schloss Köpenick ) was a granddaughter of the Great Elector and the daughter of Philipp Wilhelm von Brandenburg- Schwedt ( 1669-1711 ), the first son of the Elector from his second marriage with Dorothea of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg. Her mother was Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt- Dessau (1682-1750), the daughter of Johann Georg II of Anhalt Dessau.
Life
She married on 8 December 1716 in Berlin Prince Friedrich Ludwig von Württemberg ( 1698-1731 ), the only son of Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg. From this marriage two children were born: Eberhard Friedrich (1718-1719) and Louise Friederike (1721-1791), née Duchess of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, who donated a memorial plaque in the castle church Köpenick her mother. It is made of black polished marble with the golden inscription:
"This tomb encloses the remains of corruptible Serene duchess & Mrs. Henrietta Mary nee Princess of Prussia and Brandenburg married Erbprinzessinn and Duchess of Württemberg and Teck. She was born March MDCCII the II married the VIII Decem: MDCCXVI midt the Hereditary Prince Friedrich Ludwig von Württemberg. was the widow XXIII November: MDCCXXXI fell asleep in the Lord VII May MDCCLXXXII. This Denckmal Sit her her only daughter Louise Friedericke Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin, born Duchess v: u Württemberg: Teck " The inscription is attached to a dummy coffin, the tomb is located at the chapel.. Above the inscription is on the dummy the Prussian royal crown set, because they also apparently had the title " Royal Highness " to get it from her uncle King Frederick I. hatte.Da awarded this at the time Frederick II was no longer accepted gladly, this can be on a hidden reference.
Henriette Marie of Hohenzollern died aged 81 in the Köpenick castle, where she spent her widow years 1749-1782.
The coffin with the mummy was cremated in the late 1960s with the approval of the House of Hohenzollern and the former crypt used otherwise. The urn was buried under the epitaph. While Fontane stories about their lives hahen high entertainment value, critical historical research convey a slightly different more positive picture of life.