Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg
Charlotte, Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg , full name Countess Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna von Hanau-Lichtenberg (born May 2, 1700 in Buchsweiler , † July 1, 1726 in Darmstadt ) was the wife of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt .
biography
origin
Charlotte was the only surviving child of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , and the Margravine Dorothea Friederike von Brandenburg-Ansbach . She was the sole heir to the County of Hanau .
The marriage
Initially, the Hereditary Prince and later Landgrave Wilhelm VIII of Hessen-Kassel asked for the hand of Charlotte Christine. This marriage project, which would have continued to unite the County of Hanau in one hand, failed due to the religious difference between Wilhelm, who reformed , and Charlotte Christine, who was Lutheran .
The second applicant was the Hereditary Prince and later Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt , who was a Lutheran. They married on April 5, 1717. This marriage resulted in the following children:
- Louis IX (1719–1790)
- Georg Wilhelm (1722–1782)
- Karoline Luise (1723–1783)
death
Charlotte Christine died on July 1, 1726 in Darmstadt. A series of funeral sermons appeared at her burial on July 11, 1726 in Darmstadt .
The inheritance
Since Charlotte Christine died before her father, her son, who later became Landgrave Ludwig IX, acquired the Hanau inheritance. However, this was limited to the Lichtenberg part of the County of Hanau, as the Munzenberg part of the state fell to the latter due to an inheritance contract between the County of Hanau and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel from 1643 . The affiliation of the office of Babenhausen between the two landgraves was controversial. There was almost a military conflict when the inheritance came about when Hessen-Darmstadt occupied the places of Dietzenbach , Schaafheim and Schlierbach , Hessen-Kassel, with the military already carefully stationed in Hanau , the remainder of the Babenhausen office. The dispute could only be settled after a long-standing legal dispute before the highest imperial courts. This was ended in 1771 by a settlement, the so-called participation recess . Thereafter the places Altheim , Dietzenbach, Harpertshausen , Schaafheim and Schlierbach fell to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt. The Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt incorporated these places into its Schaafheim office .
Pedigree
| Pedigree of Countess Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg | ||||||
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| Great grandparents |
Philipp Wolfgang von Hanau-Lichtenberg |
Christian I. von Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
Albrecht II of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Friedrich VI. von Baden-Durlach |
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| Grandparents |
Johann Reinhard II von Hanau-Lichtenberg |
Johann Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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| parents |
Johann Reinhard III. von Hanau (* 1665; † 1736) |
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Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna |
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For the family cf. Main article: Hanau (noble family)
literature
- Alfred Börckel : Hesse's princely women from St. Elisabeth to the present in their life and work . 2nd edition Gießen 1908. P. 74ff.
- Reinhard Dietrich : The state constitution in the Hanauischen = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 34. Hanau 1996. ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
- Ludwig Wilhelm Holland: Letters from Duchess Elisabeth Charlotte von Orléans from the years 1716 to 1718 = library of the literary association 122. Tübingen 1874.
- Catalog of funeral sermons and other mourning documents in the Hessian State Archives in Marburg = Marburg Personalschrift-Forschungen 14. Sigmaringen 1992.
- Catalog of funeral sermons and other funeral pamphlets in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt = Marburger Personalschrift-Forschungen 13. Sigmaringen 1991.
- Manfred Knodt : The regents of Hessen-Darmstadt . 2nd edition Darmstadt 1977.
- Rudolf Lenz: Catalog of funeral sermons and other funeral pamphlets in the Hessian University and State Library Darmstadt = Marburger Personalschriftforschungen 11. Sigmaringen 1990.
- Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house . In: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894. Hanau 1894.
- Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau city and country . 3rd edition, Hanau 1919. ND 1978.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg , holdings: 4a: 85.1.
- ^ So explicitly Duchess Elisabeth Charlotte von Orléans ("Lieselotte von der Pfalz"), evidence: Holland, p. 25: Letter from the Duchess of April 14, 1716 to Raugräfin Louise von der Pfalz.
- ↑ An anonymous commemorative publication appeared for the wedding: Des Haus Hanau […] joy . 1717; Proof: Hanau City Library , Department Hanau-Hessen, Signature: I o 2 F 4; Further documents in: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, signature: Coll. 15, box 242, no.10.
- ^ Johannes Rhenius and Johann Reinhard Vulpius: [Leichenpredigt]. Gießen oJ, printed by Johann Reinhard Vulpius. Proof; Lenz, Catalog No. 350; Christoph Friedrich Ayrmannus: [Funeral Sermon]. Giessen undated, printed by Müller. Proof; Lenz, Catalog No. 441; Johann Heinrich Stephani and Wilhelm Krebs: Darmstadt's most guilty victim of tears and love, as Hereditary Princess Charlotta Christina Magdalena Johanna born. Countess of Hanau died on July 1, 1726. Darmstadt 1726. Proof: Hanau City Library, Department Hanau-Hessen, Signature: I h 2 B; Lenz, Catalog No. 442; more in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, holdings: Slg. 15, 242; 81. Hanau Government A 46.6. Proof: Catalog Marburg ; others in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, holdings: D 4 No. 412/3. Proof: Catalog State Archive Darmstadt .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hanau-Lichtenberg, Charlotte von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hanau-Lichtenberg, Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buchsweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1726 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |