Background
His father died on 5 April 1708, almost three months before his birth.
His father died on 5 April 1708, almost three months before his birth.
Frederick Christian was considered an eccentric, indeed the "black sheep" of the family. After his assumption of the government in Bayreuth, Frederick Christian tried to stabilize the ruined state finances by drastically reducing the costs of the Bayreuth court. Most artists who had worked there (among others, Carl von Gontard) went to Berlin to the court of King Frederick the Great.
Almost all construction work in the castles and gardens were stopped.
Bayreuth sank again into the Provinzialität (Province state). In Schaumburg an der Lahn on 26 April 1732, Frederick Christian married Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (September 25, 1715 - February 4, 1792).
Without male issue, Frederick Christian became the last member of the Younger line of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, which had ruled this principality since 1603.
