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Friederike Charlotte of Hessen-Darmstadt (8 September 1698 Darmstadt – 22 March 1777, Darmstadt) was a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and through her marriage a princess of Hesse-Kassel.

Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
Portrait by Johann Heinrich Tischbein, c. 1750-1755
Born(1698-09-08)8 September 1698
Darmstadt
Died22 March 1777(1777-03-22) (aged 78)
Darmstadt
Spouse Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel ​ ​(m. 1720; died 1753)​
IssuePrince Karl
Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine, Duchess of Oldenburg
Princess Christine Charlotte
Princess Maria
Princess Wilhelmina, Princess Henry of Prussia
Princess Elisabetha
Caroline, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherErnest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
MotherPrincess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Life

She was a daughter of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) and his wife Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. On 6 October 1720 she became engaged to Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (1689–1753), marrying him on 28 November 1720 in Darmstadt.

Marriage and issue

They had eight children:

  1. Karl (30 September 1721 in Kassel - 23 November 1722 in Kassel)
  2. Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine (31 October 1722 in Kassel - 28 February 1787 in Eutin) ∞ 1752 Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg
  3. Christine Charlotte (11 February 1725 in Kassel - 4 June 1782 in Kassel), from 17 April 1765 canoness of Herford Abbey, from 12 July 1766 coadjutor abbess of Herford
  4. Maria (25 February 1726 in Kassel - 14 March 1727 in Kassel)
  5. Wilhelmina (1726–1808) ∞ 1752 Prince Henry of Prussia
  6. A still-born child (born and died October 1729 in Kassel)
  7. Elisabetha Sophia Louisa (10 November 1730 in Kassel - 4 February 1731 in Kassel)
  8. Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia (10 May 1732 in Kassel - 22 May 1759 in Zerbst) ∞ 1753 Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst


References

  1. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 67.
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