Marriage and Children
Charles William Frederick married Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia (1714–1784), daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia. They had two children:
- Charles Frederick Augustu (April 7, 1733 – May 9, 1737)
- Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (February 24, 1736 – January 5, 1806)
He also had four children with his mistress Elisabeth Wünsch, a miller's daughter. Both illegitimate sons, Friedrich Karl (1734–1796) and Friedrich Ferdinand Ludwig (1748–1811), and daughters Wilhelmine Eleonore (1743–1768) and Louise Charlotte (1746–1747) received palaces and the titles Freiherren and Freiinen von Falkenhausen.
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