Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt

Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
Duchess Charles of Mecklenburg-strelitz
Charlotte as an adult
Born(1755-11-05)5 November 1755
Darmstadt
Died12 December 1785(1785-12-12) (aged 30)
Hanover
Spouse
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(m. 1784)​
IssueDuke Charles of Mecklenburg
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherPrince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
MotherCountess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg

Charlotte Wilhelmine Christiane Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (5 November 1755 – 12 December 1785[1]), was by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Life

Charlotte was a daughter of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722-1782) from his marriage to Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg (1729-1818),[2] daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim.

The princess was first engaged with the hereditary prince Peter Frederick William of Oldenburg, but the engagement was dissolved again[1] as a result of the onset of Peter's mental illness.

Charlotte married Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (who later became the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz), on 28 September 1784 in Darmstadt. He was previously married to Charlotte's older sister Friederike,[1] who had died in childbirth.[3] She thus became stepmother for her sister's five surviving children - her nieces and nephews.

The couple lived in Hanover, where Charles served as Governor-General for his brother-in-law, King George. Charlotte was delivered of a healthy boy in late 1785, but the birth was difficult[4] and Charlotte died as a result. Charles resigned from his post in Hanover and moved to Charlotte's mother in Darmstadt, who then took care of his children (both Frederike's and Charlotte's).[3]

Offspring

Her only child from her marriage to Charles was:

  • Charles (1785-1837), General and President of the Prussian State Council

Ancestry

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b c Günther 1843, p. 182.
  2. ^ Schorn-Schütte 2003, p. 23.
  3. ^ a b Schorn-Schütte 2003, p. 12.
  4. ^ Busching 1785, p. 1274.
  5. ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 70.

Bibliography

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