Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
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| Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
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 Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |
| Born | 5 November 1755 Darmstadt |
| Died | 12 December 1785 (aged 30) Hanover |
| Spouse | Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg |
| Issue | Duke Charles of Mecklenburg |
| House | Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Father | Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Mother | Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg |
Charlotte Wilhelmine Christiane Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (5 November 1755, Darmstadt – 12 December 1785, Hanover), was by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Life
[edit]Charlotte was a daughter of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722-1782) from his marriage to Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg (1729-1818), daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim.
The princess was first engaged with the hereditary prince Peter Frederick William of Oldenburg, but the engagement was dissolved again as a result of the onset of Peter's mental illness.
Charlotte married Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (who later became the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz), on 28 September 1784 in Darmstadt. He was previously married to Charlotte's older sister Friederike, who had died in childbirth. She thus became stepmother for her sister's five surviving children - her nieces and nephews.
The couple lived in Hanover, where Charles served as Governor-General for his brother-in-law, King George. Charlotte died after the birth of her only child, a year after their marriage. Charles resigned from his post in Hanover and moved to Charlotte's mother in Darmstadt, who then took care of his children (both Frederike's and Charlotte's).
Offspring
[edit]Her only child from her marriage to Charles was:
- Charles (1785-1837), General and President of the Prussian State Council
Ancestry
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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. 70.
- Carl Friedrich Günther: Anecdotes, character descriptions and memoirs from the Hessian area ..., p. 172
- Political Journal, p. 1274
- Luise Schorn-Schütte: Queen Louise, p. 12
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