Charlotte Felicitas of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Charlotte Felicitas von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (born March 8, 1671 in Hanover ; † September 29, 1710 ) was a daughter of Duke Johann Friedrich von Braunschweig-Calenberg and his wife Benedicta Henriette von der Pfalz .

Life

Charlotte Felicitas von Braunschweig-Lüneburg as Diana by Jean Michelin .

Charlotte was born at Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover. Her father was Prince of Lüneburg for a short time and Prince of Calenberg from 1665 to 1679 . Her parents had been married since 1668.

She had two younger sisters: Henriette Marie (1672–1757) and Wilhelmine Amalie (1673–1742), the wife of Emperor Joseph I.

On February 11, 1696, Charlotte married the 16 years older Duke of Modena and Reggio, Rinaldo d'Este , in Modena . In the course of the Spanish War of Succession , the couple fled to Bologna in 1702 to escape the French troops. They could not return until February 7, 1707.

Charlotte died in the Palazzo Ducale (Modena) after the birth of a daughter in September 1710. The child did not survive either.

progeny

From their marriage, Charlotte had seven children:

• Benedetta d'Este (August 18, 1697 - September 17, 1777);
• Francesco III. d'Este (1698–1780), Duke 1737, ⚭ 1720 Charlotte d'Orléans (1700–1761), daughter of Duke Philip II of Orléans , Regent of France;
• Amalia d'Este (July 28, 1699 - July 5, 1778);
• Gianfrancesco d'Este (September 1, 1700 - April 24, 1727);
• Enrietta d'Este (* May 27, 1702; † January 30, 1777) ⚭ 1) February 5, 1728 Antonio Farnese (1679–1731), Duke of Parma , ⚭ 2) September 2, 1740 Leopold von Hessen-Darmstadt (1708 -1763);
• Clemente d'Este (20/23 April 1708 - 23 April 1708);
• Daughter (born September 1710).