Sophie Louise of Mecklenburg (1685–1735)

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Sophie Louise of Mecklenburg (1685–1735)

Queen of Prussia. Born on May 16, 1685; died on July 29, 1735, in Grabow; became third wife of Frederick III (1657–1713), elector of Brandenburg (r. 1688–1701), later Frederick I, king of Prussia (r. 1701–1713), on November 28, 1708. Frederick's first wife was Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Cassel ; his second was Sophie Charlotte of Hanover .

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