She was the daughter of Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and his wife Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp.

One year later, he died childless and her youngest son, Adolf Frederick, ascended the throne.

Adolf Frederick was a minor, but was allowed to govern "with his mother's support" and guidance.

[1] She also gave him her estates Stendorf, Mönch-Neversdorf and Lenzahn to provide him with an income.

[1] Through her paternal grandmother, Countess Palatine Christina Magdalena of Zweibrücken, a sister of King Charles X of Sweden, Albertina Frederica descended from the Swedish royal house, which is why her son in 1743 could be elected as the heir to the Swedish throne.