Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674–1748)

Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, was a Duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Duke Frederick Casimir Kettler of Courland, a Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage to Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and a Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen by marriage to Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. She was joint regent in Courland during the minority of her son Frederick William, Duke of Courland from 1698 until 1701.

5 April 1674

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Agnetha Fältskog • Alberta Brianti • Ann C. Crispin • Arthur Hailey • Caitlin Moran • Emre Güral • Ernest Mandel • Frans Gommers • Henrik Stenson • Hiromi Taniguchi • Larry Franco • Lawrence Dale Bell • Marissa Nadler • Mike McCready • Montgomery Gentry • Nathaniel Clyne • Nguyễn Văn Thiệu • Peter Case • Pharrell Williams • Philemon Dickinson • Pierre-Albert Chapuisat • Rune Brattsveen • Stanley Turrentine • Wonjong of Goryeo