Mary of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (1723–1772)

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Mary of Great Britain in a portrait by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder

Princess Mary of Hanover (born 22 February . Jul / 5. March  1723 greg. In London (Leicester House); † 14. January 1772 in Hanau ) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel .

Life

Princess Maria coat of arms

She was the daughter of King George II of Great Britain (1683-1760) and his wife, Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683-1737).

On June 28, 1740 she married in Kassel the Landgrave Friedrich II. Of Hesse-Kassel . She had the following children with him:

When it became known in 1754 that the Hereditary Prince, Landgrave Friedrich II had converted to the Catholic faith , the marriage was separated, but not divorced in order to prevent Frederick from remarrying. Maria was removed with the three sons of the sphere of influence of Frederick, she moved to the Seven Years' War in the county of Hanau .

1736 died with Johann Reinhard III. the last male representative of the Hanau Count House . Due to the inheritance contract of 1643, the Hanau-Münzenberg part of the state fell to Hessen-Kassel . Landgravine Maria's father-in-law, Landgrave Wilhelm VIII of Hessen-Kassel , transferred as much of his inheritance as possible to the grandson, Wilhelm (IX / I) , in order to punish his son for the conversion . This also included the county of Hanau . For the time of his minority Wilhelm VIII appointed Maria as guardian. Landgravine Maria ruled the county of Hanau from 1760 to 1764 for her son, Wilhelm (IX./I.).

She spent the last years of her life in Rumpenheim Castle . She is buried in the crypt of the Marienkirche in Hanau . The princess's library is now in the Archives of the House of Hesse in Schloss Fasanerie in Eichenzell .

See also

literature

  • Werner Huber / Rainer Schöwerling: Maria, Countess of Hesse (1723-1772). An English princess at the Hessian court and her library. In: Corvey Journal 2 (1990) No. 2, pp. 2-13
  • Pauline Puppel: Scope of Action for Regentesses. Marie of England, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel, regent of Hanau (1723–1772, ruled 1760–1764). In: Julia Frindte, Siegrid Westphal (ed.): Spaces for action by women around 1800. Heidelberg 2005, pp. 271–292.
  • Karl Siebert: Hanauer biographies from three centuries. Hanauer Geschichtsverein , Hanau 1919 (= Hanauer Geschichtsblätter NF 3/4 ), pp. 133–135.

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personal data
SURNAME Mary of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hanover, Maria von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH London (Leicester House)
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1772
Place of death Hanau