Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine; 3 July 1709 – 14 October 1758) was a German noblewoman (the older sister of Frederick the Great) and composer. She was the eldest daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia

Frederick William I of Prussia

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 and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

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. In 1731, she married Frederick

Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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, Margrave

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 of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. The baroque

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 buildings and parks built during her reign shape much of the present appearance of the town of Bayreuth, Germany

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.
Born in Berlin

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, Wilhelmine shared the unhappy childhood of her brother, Frederick the Great, whose friend and confidante she remained all her life, with the exception of one short interval.