Margravine Anna Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt was a Prussian princess.
Background
She was a daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her father was a son of Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau. Her mother was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.
Through her mother, Elisabeth Louise was a niece of Frederick the Great.
Career
Elisabeth Louise was one of five children born to Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her siblings included Sophia Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg, and Philippine, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel. Augustus Ferdinand died in Berlin on 2 May 1813.
Elisabeth Louise died seven years later, on 22 February 1820.
She is buried in Berlin Cathedral.
Membership
Elisabeth Louise was one of the few members of the royal house to remain in Berlin during the French occupation in 1806. While most of the royal family left, reportedly because of the anti-Napoleonic criticism they had expressed, and the members of the royal court either followed them or left the capital for their country estates, Elisabeth Louise remained with her spouse and Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel because of "their great age", as did Princess Augusta of Prussia, who was pregnant at the time.