Karoline von Berlepsch
Karoline von Berlepsch (born January 9, 1820 in Hersfeld ; † February 21, 1877 in Knauthain (today: Leipzig )) from the von Berlepsch family was the third wife of Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse-Kassel (* 1777; † 1847) . After the death of his second wife, Countess Emilie von Reichenbach-Lessonitz , he married her on August 28, 1843 in Wilhelmsbad (today: Hanau ), also morganatically , as she came from the lower nobility and was therefore not befitting.
Karoline was the daughter of Ludwig Hermann von Berlepsch and Melusine von Kruse and 43 years younger than her husband. The couple's main residence was Frankfurt am Main , as the elector effectively abdicated in 1830 and left the government to his son, Friedrich Wilhelm I , from his first, befitting marriage.
The elector made Karoline a baroness of Bergen in 1844 and she received the Austrian title of Countess of Bergen in 1846 . After her husband's death in 1847, she married again in Frankfurt in 1851, namely Count Karl-Adolph von Hohenthal (born November 27, 1811 in Dölkau ; † October 9, 1875 in Knauthain).
literature
- Michel Huberty: L'Allemagne dynastique: Les 15 familles qui ont fait l'empire . Vol. 1: Hesse - Reuss - Saxe. Le Perreux-sur-Marne 1976, ISBN 2-901138-01-2
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| SURNAME | Karoline von Berlepsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caroline of Bergen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | third wife of Elector Wilhelm II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hersfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1877 |
| Place of death | Knauthain |