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Whom did Frederick II marry in 1733?

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Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae. — Frederick II Frederick II, painting in the Castello di Miramare, Trieste, Italy.

In 1733, Frederick II of Prussia married Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern, a member of a minor German princely family. He never cared for her and systematically neglected her throughout their marriage.1