Marie of Hessen-Kassel (1796–1880)
Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Princess of Hessen-Kassel (born January 21, 1796 in Hanau , † December 30, 1880 in Neustrelitz ) was the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
family
She was the daughter of Landgrave Friedrich III. von Hessen-Kassel and Rumpenheim (1747–1837) and Karoline Polyxena von Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823).
Marie married Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779–1860), son of Grand Duke Karl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741–1816) and Princess Friederike of Hessen-Darmstadt (1752–1782) on August 12, 1817 .
ancestors
| Wilhelm VIII. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682–1760) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich II. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1785) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxony-Zeitz (1691–1743) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich of Hessen-Kassel-Rumpenheim (1747–1837) | |||||||||||||
| George II King of Great Britain (1683–1760) | |||||||||||||
| Mary of Great Britain (1723–1772) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683–1737) | |||||||||||||
| Marie-von Hessen-Kassel | |||||||||||||
| Karl von Nassau-Usingen (1712–1775) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Wilhelm von Nassau-Usingen (1735–1803) | |||||||||||||
| Christine Wilhelmine Duchess of Saxony-Eisenach (1711–1740) | |||||||||||||
| Karoline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823) | |||||||||||||
| Christian Karl Reinhard von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1695–1766) | |||||||||||||
| Karoline Felicitas of Leiningen-Langsberg-Heidesheim (1734–1810) | |||||||||||||
| Katharina Polyxena von Solms-Rödelheim (1702–1765) | |||||||||||||
progeny
From this marriage there were four children:
- Luise (1818–1842)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1819–1904), Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Karoline Charlotte Marianne (1821–1876)
- Georg (1824–1876)
painting
Grand Duchess Marie was a talented painter. Above all, she made copies of famous paintings by old masters. The altar paintings in St. Laurentius (Schönberg) and in the town church Neustrelitz ( Carrying the Cross after Raphael Carrying the Cross (Raphael) , 1856) have been preserved. Their copy after Albrecht Dürer Christ on the Cross , which had been the altarpiece of the Johanniterkirche on the Schlossinsel in Mirow since 1868 , burned in 1945.
Web links
- Literature on Marie von Hessen-Kassel (1796–1880) in the state bibliography MV
- Marie Wilhelmine Frederike Princess of Hessen-Kassel on thepeerage.com , accessed on September 10, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hessen-Kassel, Marie von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Marie von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1880 |
| Place of death | Neustrelitz |