Queen Caroline Elizabeth of Friskland
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Elisabeth | |
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Queen consort of Friskland | |
Reign | 30 March 1741 - 23 November 1756 |
Coronation | 19 August 1741 |
Predecessor | Johanna |
Successor | Ingeborg |
Spouse | Henrik II of Friskland |
Issue Detail |
Henrik III of Friskland Prince Johan Princess Maria Christina Princess Maria Johanna Prince Carl Vilhelm Princess Maria Henrika |
House | Habsburg (by birth) Gyllenborg (by marriage) |
Father | John V of Portugal |
Mother | Maria Anna of Austria |
Born | Vienna, Austrian Empire | 13 June 1721
Died | 8 April 1794 Jättenholm, Friskland | (aged 72)
Queen Elisabeth of Friskland (born Infanta Isabel of Portugal; 13 June 1721 - 8 April 1794) was Queen consort of Friskland from 1741 to 1756.
Married to her first cousin, Henrik II of Friskland in 1770, she took the Swedish form of her name, Elisabeth. As her husband died young, she served as her son's regent until he reached his majority and assumed Kingship.