Frederick William ya yi la'akari da auren Frederick zuwa Elisabeth na Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 'yar'uwar Empress Anna na Rasha, amma wannan shirin ya yi tsayayya da Yarima Eugene na Savoy. Frederick da kansa ya ba da shawarar auren Maria Theresa na Austria a musayar watsi da gadon sarauta. A maimakon haka, Eugene ya rinjayi Frederick William, ta hanyar Seckendorff, cewa yarima mai jiran gado ya auri Elisabeth Christine na Brunswick-Bevern, dangin Protestant na Austrian Habsburgs. Ko da yake Frederick ya rubuta wa 'yar'uwarsa cewa, "Ba za a iya samun ƙauna ko abokantaka tsakaninmu ba", kuma ya yi la'akari da kashe kansa, ya tafi tare da bikin aure a ranar 12 ga Yuni, 1733.
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