Marriage and children , On 10 November 1734 in
Potsdam, Sophia Dorothea married her
Hohenzollern kinsman
Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, son of
Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and
Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of
John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. They had five children: •
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (18 December 1736 – 9 March 1798); married
Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. •
Princess Anna Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (22 April 1738 – 10 February 1820); married her uncle
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia. • Prince Georg Philipp of Brandenburg-Schwedt (10 September 1741 – 28 April 1742) •
Princess Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (10 October 1745 – 1 May 1800); married
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. • Prince Georg Philipp Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt (3 May 1749 – 13 August 1751) Frederick William was 19 years older than the princess and he was called the "mad Margrave" because of his pranks and rude manners. Their relationship was not happy, and eventually they lived in separate places: Sophie lived in the castle
Montplaisir near the residence, and the Margrave lived in the castle of Schwedt. They only reconciled during Sophie's terminal illness, when she died in the Margrave's arms. She did not, reportedly, have the same spiritual interests of her siblings,
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia and
Louisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden. The Margraviate of Schwedt was only a small holding, but enjoyed a prosperous economy due to immigrant
Huguenots. ==Ancestry==