Henriette Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
| Henriette Christine | |
|---|---|
Anonymous portrait of Henriette as Abbess | |
| Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim | |
| Tenure | 21 December 1693 – 27 July 1712 |
| Predecessor | Christina of Mecklenburg |
| Successor | Marie Elisabeth of Mecklenburg |
| Born | 19 September 1669 |
| Died | 23 January 1753 (aged 83) |
| Issue | Son (illegitimate) |
| House | Welf |
| Father | Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Mother | Princess Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism prev. Lutheranism |
Henriette Christine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (19 September 1669 - 20 January 1753) was a German princess. Among the younger of her parents' many children, she was installed as Abbess of Gandersheim following the death in 1693 of abbess Christina of Mecklenburg, her cousin. She and her successor as abbess, Elisabeth Ernestine Antonie, were well connected and great patrons of the arts: in the judgement of certain historians they presided over something of a golden age at Gandersheim. In 1712 Abbess Henrietta Christine made her place in the history books secure by giving birth. This put an end to her tenure.