Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg | |
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Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia | |
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Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg | |
Reign | 1755–30 March 1787 |
Predecessor | Marie Elisabeth, Abbess of Quedlinburg |
Successor | Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg |
Born | Anna Amalie von Preußen 9 November 1723 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
Died | 30 March 1787
(aged 63) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
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House | Hohenzollern |
Father | Frederick William I |
Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
Prussian Royalty |
House of Hohenzollern |
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Frederick William I |
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Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (9 November 1723 – 30 March 1787) was an early modern German composer and music curator who served as princess-abbess of Quedlinburg. She was a princess of Prussia as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and the sister of Frederick the Great.