Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgravine consort of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
She was the eldest daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife Caroline. She married Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg on 27 September 1768. The marriage was contracted for diplomatic and political reasons as the symbol of an inheritance dispute between their respective families. Caroline and Frederick V produced many children but their marriage never developed into a personal relationship, and they lived mostly separated lives. Caroline often spent time in the famed little villa that was given to her use in the forest near Homburg.Issue
- Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, married Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
- Louis William, married Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen, divorced in 1805
- Caroline, married Prince Louis Frederick II of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Louise Ulrike, married Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Amalie, married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- Auguste, married Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Philip, married Rosalie Antonie, Countess of Naumburg, Baroness Schimmelpfennig von der Oye, née Pototschnig
- Gustav, married Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau
- Ferdinand, the last Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- Maria Anna married Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
- Leopold, fell in the Battle of Großgörschen
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