Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

From Royalpedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born (1700-05-02)2 May 1700
Bouxwiller
Died 1 July 1726(1726-07-01) (aged 26)
Darmstadt
Spouse Louis, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt (m 5 April 1717)
Issue Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Prince George William
Caroline Louise, Margravine of Baden
Full name
Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna
House Hanau (by birth)
(by birth) Hesse-Darmstadt (by marriage)
Father Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Mother Princess Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Burial July 11, 1726
Stadtkirche, Darmstadt

Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna; 2 May 1700  – 1 July 1726) was the wife of Hereditary Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt. Her husband did not succeed as Landgrave till after her death so she was never consort.


Marriage[edit]

On 5 April 1717, she married Louis, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt


Issue[edit]

  1. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (15 December 1719 – 6 April 1790) married Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken and had issue.
  2. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (11 July 1722 – 21 June 1782) married Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg and had issue.
  3. Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (11 July 1723 – 8 April 1783) married Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden and had issue.

Titles[edit]