Marie Luise of Hessen-Kassel

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Marie Luise of Hessen-Kassel, Princess of Orange

Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel (born February 7, 1688 in Kassel , † April 9, 1765 in Leeuwarden ) was a princess of Hessen-Kassel and by marriage Princess of Nassau-Dietz and Princess of Orange . Marie Luise, venerated by her subjects as "Marijke Meu", was governor of Friesland , Groningen and Drenthe .

Life

Marie Luise was a daughter of Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel (1654–1730) from his marriage to Marie Amalia (1653–1711), daughter of Duke Jakob Kettler von Kurland . In 1700 the princess was renamed to Louisendorf in honor of the previously desolate place of Hammonshausen near Frankenau, which had now been repopulated by Huguenots from France .

On April 26, 1709, she married Prince Johann Wilhelm Friso von Nassau-Dietz in Kassel , and from 1702 also Prince of Orange (1687–1711).

After the early death of her husband, Marie Luise took over the governorship in Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe from 1711 to 1731 as regent for her son. During this time she acquired a building in Leeuwarden, which she had expanded into a Princessehof , and the Marienburg outside the city. Today the Princessehof houses a ceramic museum, the basis of which is the porcelain collection of the princess. The gardens of the Marienburg were designed by Johann Hermann Knoop , whom they brought from Kassel to Leeuwarden for this purpose. She bequeathed the Marienburg to the Reformed Diakonie; the building changed hands several times and was replaced by a new villa in the 19th century. The Pedagogical Academy was located there from 1923 to 1959. There is now a new building for the Christelijke Scholengemeenschap Comenius.

After the death of her daughter-in-law, the princess was once again regent for her grandson Wilhelm , from 1759 until her death. Marie Luise's reign was shaped by her social commitment, which made her very popular as Marijke Meu (Aunt Marijke). In dispute with the States General , she secured the rule of IJsselstein from the Orange inheritance .

Marie Luise with her children, 1726, painting by Arnold Boonen

progeny

Marie Luise had two children from their marriage, the son being born after the death of the father:

⚭ 1727 Hereditary Prince Friedrich of Baden-Durlach (1703–1732)
⚭ 1734 Princess Anna of Great Britain (1709–1759)

ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wilhelm V Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602–1637)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 William VI. Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (1629–1663)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Karl Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (1654–1730)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Georg Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg (1595–1640)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623–1683)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1597–1660)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Marie Luise of Hessen-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wilhelm Kettler Duke of Courland (1574–1640)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jakob Kettler Duke of Courland (1610–1682)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophie of Prussia (1582–1610)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Amalia of Courland (1653-1711)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Georg Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg (1595–1640)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Luise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617–1676)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
 
 
 
 
 
 

Note: Due to family marriages, the Brandenburg Elector Georg Wilhelm and his wife Elisabeth Charlotte are two-time great-grandparents of Marie Luise.

literature

  • Pauline Puppel: The principle of subsidiarity. The rule of the widowed princesses of Nassau-Diez (-Oranien) , in: Princely widows in the early modern times. On the art and cultural history of a stand, ed. by Ulrike Ilg, Petersberg 2015, pp. 14–26.
  • Marijke Bruggeman: Nassau en de makes van Oranje. De strijd van de Friese Nassau's voor de seineing van hun rights, 1702–1747. Uitgeverij Verloren, Hilversum 2007, ISBN 978-90-6550-945-1 (Dutch).
  • Arie Pieter van Nienes, Marijke Bruggeman: Archieven van de Friese stadhouders. Inventories van de archieven van de Friese stadhouders van Willem Lodewijk tot en met Willem V, 1584–1795. Uitgeverij Verloren et al., Hilversum 2002, ISBN 90-6550-736-1 , p. 294 (Dutch)
  • Christian Röth: History of Hessen. Vollmann, Kassel 1856, p. 322 .

Web links

Commons : Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nassau-Diez, Johann Wilhelm Friso Prince of. Hessian biography. (As of March 13, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Mariënburg te Leeuwarden. stinseninfriesland.nl ; accessed on March 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Marie Luise of Hessen-Kassel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marijke Meu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Hessen-Kassel, by marriage Princess of Nassau-Dietz and Princess of Orange
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1765
Place of death Leeuwarden