Friederike Charlotte of Hessen-Darmstadt
Friederike Charlotte von Hessen-Darmstadt (born September 8, 1698 in Darmstadt , † March 22, 1777 in Darmstadt) was a princess of Hessen-Darmstadt and by marriage Princess of Hessen-Kassel .
Life
Friederike Charlotte was a daughter of Landgrave Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of Margrave Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach . She got engaged to Maximilian von Hessen-Kassel (1689-1753) on October 6, 1720 , whom she married on November 28, 1720 in Darmstadt.
Friederike Charlotte did not feel very at home either at the Kassel court or in her husband's small lordship of Jesberg , and she often stayed for months in the Darmstadt residence near her father, Landgrave Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt, either alone or with her children on. The family viewed the long absences from her husband very critically. Her exalted, permissive lifestyle and lavish lifestyle also caused criticism and incomprehension.
After the death of her husband Maximilian, Friederike Charlotte finally returned to Darmstadt in 1755, where she died on March 22, 1777 and was buried in the "Fürstengruft" of the Darmstadt city church built in 1687 (under the south aisle). The crypt is no longer open to the public today.
progeny
From their marriage, Friederike Charlotte had the following children:
- Karl (born September 30, 1721 in Kassel, † November 23, 1722 ibid)
- Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine (born October 31, 1722 in Kassel, † February 28, 1787 in Eutin) ⚭ 1752 Duke Friedrich August von Oldenburg
- Christine Charlotte (born February 11, 1725 in Kassel, † June 4, 1782 ibid), since April 17, 1765 canoness of Herford Monastery, since July 12, 1766 coadjutor of the abbess of Herford
- Maria (born February 25, 1726 in Kassel, † March 14, 1727 ibid)
- Wilhelmine (1726–1808) ⚭ 1752 Prince Heinrich of Prussia
- Stillbirth (* / † October 1729 in Kassel)
- Elisabetha Sophia Louisa (born November 10, 1730 in Kassel, † February 4, 1731 ibid)
- Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia (born May 10, 1732 in Kassel, † May 22, 1759 in Zerbst) ⚭ 1753 Prince Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst
ancestors
| Georg II Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605–1661) | |||||||||||||
| Louis VI. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630–1678) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Eleonore of Saxony (1609–1671) | |||||||||||||
| Ernst Ludwig Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) | |||||||||||||
| Ernst I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1601–1675) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Sophia of Saxe-Altenburg (1619–1680) | |||||||||||||
| Friederike Charlotte of Hessen-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||
| Joachim Ernst of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1583–1625) | |||||||||||||
| Albrecht II of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie von Solms-Laubach (1594–1651) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705) | |||||||||||||
| Joachim Ernst of Oettingen-Oettingen (1612–1658) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664) | |||||||||||||
| Anna Sibylle von Solms-Sonnenwalde (around 1615–1635) | |||||||||||||
literature
- Rainer Maaß: Make me get 300 guilders! ". An approach to Princess Friederike Charlotte v. Hessen-Darmstadt (1698-1777). In: Archive for Hessian History (2009), pp. 29–87
Web links
- Hessen-Kassel, Friederike Charlotte Landgravine von. Hessian biography. (As of January 22, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Friederike Charlotte of Hessen-Darmstadt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Hessen-Kassel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1698 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1777 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |