Anne-Amélie de Prusse (German: Anna-Amalia von Preußen; 9 November 1723 - 30 March 1787) was a Princess of Prussia, born as the youngest daughter of Frédéric-Guillaume I and Sophie-Dorothée de Hanovre and later elected as the reigning Princess-Abbess of the Imperial Abbey of Quedlinburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1756 until her death.
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was a member of the royal House of Hohenzollern and held the distinction of being a Prussian princess by Birth. She was the daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia, widely known as the "Soldatenkönig" (Soldier King), and the sister of King Frederick II of Prussia, who would later earn the historical epithet "Frederick the Great" for his transformative reign.
A woman of refined culture and intellect, Anne-Amélie proved to be a true talent and was praised by the great thinkers of her time for her exceptional oratory and artistic skills. She was a composer, like her brother Frederick and sister Wilhelmine, and a patron of the musical arts. Anne-Amélie notably engaged Johann Philipp Kirnberger, a student of Johann Sebastian Bach, as her teacher and supported his work. She composed chamber music, including flute sonatas, and wrote the music for Ramler's Passion cantata (The Death of Jesus), among other works. However, only a few of her compositions have survived to the present day, as many were destroyed by Anne-Amélie herself, driven by self-criticism and a deep sense of timidity regarding her own creations.
In 1755, her brother appointed her as Princess-Abbess of the Chapter of the Free Imperial Abbey of Quedlinburg. The position, though prestigious, was largely ceremonial and provided her with a generous income to manage as she pleased. Anne-Amélie rarely visited Quedlinburg, preferring the convivial atmosphere of Berlin, where she continued to maintain an active correspondence with her imprisoned lover.