Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt


Friederike Charlotte of Hessen-Darmstadt was a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt and through her marriage a princess of Hesse-Kassel

Life

She was a daughter of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife Dorothea Charlotte, daughter of Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. On 6 October 1720 she became engaged to Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel, marrying him on 28 November 1720 in Darmstadt.

Marriage and issue

They had eight children:
  1. Karl
  2. Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine ∞ 1752 Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg
  3. Christine Charlotte, from 17 April 1765 canoness of Herford Abbey, from 12 July 1766 coadjutor abbess of Herford
  4. Maria
  5. Wilhelmina ∞ 1752 Prince Henry of Prussia
  6. A still-born child
  7. Elisabetha Sophia Louisa
  8. Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia ∞ 1753 Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst