Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

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Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
Born (1774-06-29)29 June 1774
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died 3 February 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 71)
Dessau, Anhalt-Dessau
Spouse Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (m 29 June 1774)
Issue Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
Prince George Bernhard
Prince Paul Christian
Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
Prince Frederick Augustus
Prince William Waldemar
Full name
Christiane Amalie
House Hesse-Homburg
Father Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother Princess Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg (Hesse-Homburg; 29 June 1774  – 3 February 1846) was a member of the House of Hesse-Homburg and a Princess and Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth. Through her marriage to Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Amalie was also a member of the House of Ascania and Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau.


Marriage[edit]

On 29 June 1774, she married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

Issue[edit]

  1. Princess Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau (18 August 1793  – 12 June 1854) married Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and had issue.
  2. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (1 October 1794  – 22 May 1871) married Princess Friederike of Prussia and had issue.
  3. Prince George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau (21 February 1796  – 16 October 1865) married (1) Princess Karoline of Scharzburg-Rudolstadt and had issue. Married (2) Therese Emma von Erdmannsdorf and had issue.
  4. Prince Paul Christian of Anhalt-Dessau (22 March 1797  – 4 May 1797) died in infancy.
  5. Princess Luise of Anhalt-Dessau (1 March 1798  – 11 June 1858) married Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and had issue.
  6. Prince Friedrich August of Anhalt-Dessau (23 September 1799  – 4 December 1864) married Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel and had issue.
  7. Wilhelm Waldemar of Anhalt-Dessau (29 May 1807  – 8 October 1864) married Emilie Klausnitzer morganatically.


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