Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Marie Luise Charlotte
Princess Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau
Born	(1814-05-09)9 May 1814 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	28 July 1895(1895-07-28) (aged 81) Schloss Hohenburg, Lenggries, Kingdom of Bavaria
Spouse	Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau ​ ​ (m. 1832; died 1864)​
Issue	Adelheid-Marie, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Bathildis, Princess William of Schaumburg-Lippe Princess Hilda
House	Hesse-Kassel
Father	Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, (German: Marie Luise Charlotte, Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel; 9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895) was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, she became a princess of Anhalt-Dessau.

Family

Marie Luise Charlotte was the second child and daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark. She was an elder sister of Louise of Hesse-Kassel, consort of Christian IX of Denmark.

Marriage and issue

Marie Luise Charlotte married Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, fourth but third surviving son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife, Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, on 11 September 1832 at Rumpenheimer Schloss in Offenbach am Main. The couple had three children:

• Adelaide Marie (Dessau, 25 December 1833 – Schloss Königstein, 24 November 1916); married on 23 April 1851 Adolphe, last Duke of Nassau and first Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri, is her direct descendant.
• Bathildis Amalgunde (Dessau, 29 December 1837 – Schloss Nachod, Bohemia, 10 February 1902); married Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe on 30 May 1862. Her eldest daughter, Charlotte, was the wife of William II, the last King of Württemberg and, through one of her younger daughters, Adelaide, she was the grandmother of the last head of the Wettin branch of Saxe-Altenburg, George Moritz.
• Hilda Charlotte (Dessau, 13 December 1839 – Dessau, 22 December 1926).

Titles and styles

• 9 May 1814 – 11 September 1832: Her Highness Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
• 11 September 1832 – 28 July 1895: Her Highness Princess Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

16. William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 8. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 17. Duchess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz 4. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel 18. George II of Great Britain 9. Princess Mary of Great Britain 19. Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach 2. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel 20. Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 10. Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 21. Duchess Christiane Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach 5. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen 22. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 11. Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg 23. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim 1. Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel 24. Christian VI of Denmark 12. Frederick V of Denmark 25. Margravine Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach 6. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway 26. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 13. Duchess Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 27. Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg 3. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark 28. Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14. Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 29. Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 7. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 30. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 15. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 31. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt