Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia

Luise Dorothea of Prussia
Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel
Born	(1680-09-29)29 September 1680 Stadtschloss, Berlin
Died	23 December 1705(1705-12-23) (aged 25) Kassel
Spouse	Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel ​ ​ (m. 1700)​
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Frederick I of Prussia
Mother	Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Luise Dorothea Sophie of Prussia (29 September 1680 – 23 December 1705) was Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel. She was the daughter of Frederick I, the first king in Prussia, by his first wife Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel. She died in childbirth.

Biography

On 31 May 1700, she married her first cousin Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel. Frederick was King of Sweden 1720-1751 and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730 to 1751.

Luise Dorothea was married in Berlin 31 May 1700 in a grand ceremony which took place during several weeks to great costs. Conrad Mel wrote Font Legatio orientalis at the occasion. During her five years of marriage, Luise Dorothea suffered from poor health. She died in childbirth.

Frederick remarried to Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden, later becoming her prince consort and eventual King of Sweden.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia

8. George William, Elector of Brandenburg 4. Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg 9. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate 2. Frederick I of Prussia 10. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange 5. Countess Luise Henriette of Nassau 11. Amalia of Solms-Braunfels 1. Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia 12. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 6. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 13. Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg 3. Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel 14. George William, Elector of Brandenburg = 8 7. Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg 15. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate = 9