Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (3 July 1682 – 22 December 1755) was a German princess. She was the daughter of Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and his wife Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp

Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp

Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony.She married Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach on 15 May 1670 in Husum...

. She married Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin

Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin

Prince Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp was Duke of Slesvig-Holstein, prince regent of Eutin, prince-bishop of Lübeck and regent of the duchy of Holstein-Gottorp....

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Biography

In 1726, her husband died, and her eldest son became monarch. One year later, he died childless and her youngest son, Adolf Frederick, ascended the throne. Adolf Frederick was a minor, but was allowed to govern "with his mother's support" and guidance. She also gave him her estates Stendorf, Mönch-Neversdorf and Lenzahn to provide him with an income.

Through her paternal grandmother, Countess Palatine Christina Magdalena of Zweibrücken

Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken of the House of Wittelsbach, margravine of Baden-Durlach, was a Swedish princess...

, a sister of King Charles X of Sweden, Albertina Frederica descended from the Swedish royal house, which is why her son in 1743 could be elected as the heir to the Swedish throne.

Issue

• Hedwig Sophie Auguste (9 October 1705-4 October 1764), Abbess of Herford from 1750
• Charles Augustus (26 November 1706-31 May 1727), engaged to Grand Duchess Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia
• Frederica Amalia (12 January 1708-19 January 1782), a nun at Quedlinburg
• Anne (3 February 1709-2 February 1758), who wed William, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
• Adolf Frederick of Eutin (14 May 1710-12 April 1771), became crown prince
  Crown Prince
  A crown prince or crown princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
  
   of Sweden in 1743, and then ascended the throne as King of Sweden in 1751.
• Frederick August of Eutin (20 September 1711-6 July 1785), Bishop of Lübeck after Adolf Frederick (who held it until going to Sweden), as well as the principality
  Principality
  A principality is a monarchical feudatory or sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of prince or princess, or by a monarch with another title within the generic use of the term prince....
  
   of Eutin. In 1773, Frederick August received the duchy of Oldenburg
  Oldenburg
  Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
  
   and the county of Delmenhorst from his young cousin (Paul, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (future Emperor of Russia
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  ), which would become the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.
• Johanna Elisabeth (24 October 1712-30 May 1760), wed Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
  Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
  Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German prince of the House of Ascania. He was a ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dornburg, then, from 1742, a ruler of the entire Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst...
  
  , and mothered Catherine the Great, Empress regnant of Russia.
• Wilhelm Christian (20 September 1716-26 June 1719)
• Friedrich Conrad (12 March 1718-1719)
• Georg Ludwig (16 March 1719-7 September 1763)

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