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Margravine Sophie Christine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Weferlingen, 4 Jan 1710 – Brussels, 13 Jun 1739

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A life in time

  1. 4 Jan 1710

    Born in Weferlingen

  2. 1731–1737

    5 children are born

  3. 13 Jun 1739

    Dies in Brussels, aged 29

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 5

During her lifetime

She lived through 3 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Weferlingen.

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The 1710s · Margravine is born in Weferlingen

In the news1717

Christmas flood kills 11,000 people

A major storm surge on Christmas claimed over 11,000 lives along the German North Sea coast.

What people wore

Limited Wardrobes and Sunday Best

For ordinary people, clothing was strictly divided into everyday wear and Sunday best, as a person's wardrobe was very limited three hundred years ago.

Getting around

Slow Pace of Mail Coach Travel

Travel by mail coach was slow, moving at a walking pace of about 4-5 km/h. A journey from Nuremberg to Leipzig covered roughly 70 hours, and to Regensburg about 20 hours.

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.In Europe · 1701–1714

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.

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In the news1714–1741

Widespread cattle plague outbreak

Between 1714 and 1741, the region suffered from a severe cattle plague that repeatedly decimated livestock across the country.

Music

The cornett was a popular civic instrument

Town musicians used the versatile cornett, a wooden instrument with finger holes, for both church services and celebratory civic events.

Daily life

Limited Schooling for Children

Children often attended only winter schools because their labor was required for farming and tending livestock the rest of the year. Teachers were frequently untrained, such as former soldiers or craftsmen, and religious instruction was the main priority.