Princess Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Princess Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
Princess Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel
Born 8 September 1698
Darmstadt
Died 22 March 1777 (aged 78)
Darmstadt
Spouse Prince Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (m 28 November 1720)
Issue Prince Karl
Ulrike Friederike, Duchess of Oldenburg
Christine Charlotte, Canoness of Herford Abbey
Wilhelmine, Princess Heinrich of Prussia
Princess Elisabeth Sophia Louisa
Princess Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia of Hesse-Kassel
House Hesse-Darmstadt (by birth)
Hesse-Kassel (by marriage)
Father Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Burial Stadtkirche, Darmstadt


Princess Friederike Charlotte of Hessen-Darmstadt (8 September 1698 – 22 March 1777) was a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and through her marriage a princess of Hesse-Kassel. A daughter of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) and his wife Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach she married into the House of Hesse-Kassel.


Marriage[edit]

On 6 October 1720 she became engaged to Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel before marrying him on 28 November 1720 in Darmstadt, after which she was simply styled Princess Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel.


Issue[edit]

  1. Prince Karl of Hesse-Kassel (30 September 1721 - 23 November 1722) died in infancy.
  2. Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (31 October 1722 - 28 February 1787) married Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg.
  3. Princess Christine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (11 February 1725 - 4 June 1782), from 17 April 1765 canoness of Herford Abbey.
  4. Princess Maria of Hesse-Kassel (25 February 1726 - 14 March 1727) died in infancy.
  5. Princess Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (1726–1808) married Prince Henry of Prussia
  6. stillborn child (born and died October 1729)
  7. Princess Elisabeth Sophia Louisa of Hesse-Kassel (10 November 1730 - 4 February 1731) died in infancy.
  8. Princess Karoline of Hesse-Kassel (10 May 1732 - 22 May 1759) married Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.


Titles and styles[edit]

  • 8 September 1698 – 28 November 1720 Her Serene Highness Princess Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt.
  • 28 November 1720 – 22 March 1777 Her Serene Highness Princess Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel.