Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

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Philip William
Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Portrait by Antoine Pesne
Born (1669-05-19)19 May 1669
castle of Königsberg
Died 19 December 1711(1711-12-19) (aged 42)
castle of Schwedt
Spouse Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau
Issue Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Henrietta Maria of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Father Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Philip William, Prince in Prussia (German: Philipp Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt; May 19, 1669, castle of Königsberg – December 19, 1711, castle of Schwedt) was a Prussian Prince, was the first owner of the Prussian secundogeniture of Brandenburg-Schwedt and was governor of Magdeburg from 1692 to 1711.



Marriage[edit]

On 25 January 1699 she married Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, in Oranienbaum. Although the couple had their own palace in Berlin, they lived mostly in Schwedt. After Philip William's death, Johanna Charlotte went back to Berlin and looked after the education of her children.


Issue[edit]

  1. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700–1771) married Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia and had issue.
  2. Princess Friederike Dorothea Henriette of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700–1701)
  3. Princess Henrietta Maria of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1702–1782); married Hereditary Prince Frederick Louis of Württemberg and had issue.
  4. Prince Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt (* / † 1704).
  5. Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1709–1788); married Princess Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau and had issue.
  6. Princess Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1710–1712)