Duchess Sophie of Prussia
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1582 – 1610
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Who was Duchess Sophie of Prussia?
Duchess Sophie of Prussia was a German princess of the Duchy of Prussia and a member of the House of Hohenzollern.
Sophie was the daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and Marie Eleonore of Cleves. She was courted by Wilhelm Kettler, son of Gotthard Kettler of Courland and Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Their marriage contract was signed in Königsberg on 5 January 1609. Sophie died on 24 November 1610, four weeks after the birth of her only son, Jacob, who later succeeded his paternal uncle Friedrich Kettler as Duke of Courland.
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- Mar 31, 1582
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- Died
- Dec 4, 1610
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on July 23, 2013
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