Queen Elisabeth Christine von of Preussen 1715 1797
1740-86 "Ceremonial Centre of the Court" Queen Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel of Prussia and Hohenzollern (Germany) Her husband, Freiderich II the Great (1712-40-86), preferred to live in his own residence in Potsdam with his circle of male company, and left her in charge of the official court. She received foreign guests; new ambassadors were always officially presented to her and her husband only attended official events from time to time. When he was absent from Berlin for 6 years in a row during the Seven Years War, she accepted real responsibility for the royal family and court, and when the capital was twice occupied, she made the decision to evacuate the court to Magdeburg. She has been become known as the "neglected wife", and in her own life time she inspired pity rather than respect even though she took upon her the task of maintaining the official face of the court. She did not have any children, and lived (1715-97).
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