Karoline von Schlotheim

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Karoline von Schlotheim 1788 (by Wilhelm Böttner )

Karoline Albertine Julie von Schlotheim , from 1788 Countess von Schlotheim , from 1811 Countess von Hessenstein (* July 6, 1766 , † January 7, 1847 in Kassel ) was the fourth and last mistress of Elector Wilhelm I of Hesse-Kassel , with the he had 13 children together.

Life

She was the daughter of General Heinrich Christian Wilhelm von Schlotheim and his wife Friederike Most. She was kidnapped by the elector against her will, fled, was returned to the elector by her parents and later added herself to the relationship. She had considerable, also political, influence on Wilhelm and the development of the country. The elector admired Caroline so much that he had the Löwenburg built for her . Karoline von Schlotheim accompanied Wilhelm I into exile and lived with him in Itzehoe in 1807/1808 .

She was raised to the rank of imperial count on May 14, 1788 with the salutation "High and well-born". On May 2, 1811, the name was changed to Countess von Hessenstein , a title that all children received from their association with the elector. It was named after the rule of Hessenstein in Holstein.

children

The elector and they had 13 children together:

  1. Wilhelm Friedrich (June 23, 1789 - April 26, 1790)
  2. Wilhelm Karl (born May 19, 1790; † March 22, 1867), Canon of Minden , Halberstadt and Cammin , Mecklenburg-Schwerin Real Privy Councilor, ⚭ Countess Angelika von der Osten-Sacken
  3. Ferdinand (19 May 1791 - 15 December 1794)
  4. Karoline Frederike Auguste (June 9, 1792 - August 21, 1797)
  5. Auguste Wilhelmine (born August 22, 1793 - † June 1, 1795)
  6. Louis Karl (* August 11, 1794; † November 17, 1857), Prussian chamberlain , ⚭ 1818 Countess Auguste Wilhelmine von Pückler -Groditz (* September 21, 1794; † November 8, 1861)
  7. Friederike Auguste (* October 16, 1795; † September 13, 1845), ⚭ Wilhelm von Steuber († July 6, 1845)
  8. Wilhelm Ludwig Georg (* July 28, 1800; † January 16, 1836), Chamberlain of Hesse, ⚭ 1st Luise von dem Bussche-Hünnefeld (* March 27, 1804; † May 21, 1829); 2. Karoline Wolff von Gudenberg (born February 11, 1812 - † August 20, 1836)
  9. Friedrich Ludwig (February 8, 1803 - September 8, 1805)
  10. Karoline (born February 16, 1804; † March 18, 1891), ⚭ 1822 Carl von Stenglin († March 15, 1871)
  11. NN
  12. NN
  13. Son NN (* 1807 in Itzehoe )

literature

  • Eckhart G. Franz : House of Hesse. Biographical Lexicon = work of the Historical Commission NF 34. Darmstadt 2012. ISBN 978-388443-411-6 , p. 141.
  • Eckhart G. Franz: The House of Hesse. A European family . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018919-0 (Urban pocket books; Vol. 606).
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables / NF, Vol. 3 . Klostermann, Frankfurt / M. 2004, ISBN 3-465-03292-6 , tables 250 ff.
  • Rainer von Hessen (ed.): We Wilhelm by God's grace. The memoirs of Elector Wilhelm I of Hesse 1743-1821 . Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1996, ISBN 3-593-35555-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Eduard Vehse : History of the German courts since the Reformation. 4th section, fifth part. Hamburg, 1853 p. 265.
  2. ^ History of the Winter Palace Kassel
  3. ↑ Itzehoe District Museum
  4. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume V, page 175, Volume 84 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1984
  5. ^ Franz: Biografisches Lexikon , p. 141.
personal data
SURNAME Schlotheim, Karoline von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlotheim, Karoline Freiin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION third mistress of the Landgrave and Elector Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1766
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1847
Place of death kassel