Christine Charlotte of Württemberg

Born into an ancient House of Württemberg, Christine Charlotte was born a fourth daughter and eight child of Duke Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg from his first marriage to Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg (1614-1655).

At the age of 16 she married on 14 May 1662 Count George Christian of East Frisia, who was raised in the same year to the rank of Imperial Prince.

She tried to rule as an absolutist princess, which led to a series of conflict with the equally self-conscious Estates of East Frisia and brought the country to the brink of civil war several times.

She was considered extraordinarily beautiful, intelligent and eloquent, but also domineering, unforgiving, unrepentant and wasteful.

This treaty created the so-called Golden line, which separates East Frisia from Oldenburg Friesland to this day.