Frederika Charlotte Riedesel (1746-1808) was a writer and the spouse of Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf. Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf was a military officer whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Frederika Charlotte Riedesel to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. This life overlapped the Revolutionary era, when war, political upheaval, disrupted trade, military service, and changing governments placed unusual demands on households and extended families. Born in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany and later dying in Berlin, Germany, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Frederika Charlotte Riedesel in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.