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Princess Friederike
Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born(1752-08-20)20 August 1752
Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire
Died22 May 1782(1782-05-22) (aged 29)
Hanover, Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire
SpouseCharles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Names
Friederike Caroline Luise
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherPrince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
MotherMaria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg

Princess Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 August 1752 – 22 May 1782) was a member of the House of Hesse and by marriage a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

She is a direct matrilineal ancestor (through women only) of Queen Margarethe II of Denmark, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King Albert II of Belgium, King Harald V of Norway, and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.

Life

Friederike was born in Darmstadt, the eldest daughter of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, second son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg.

She married Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 18 September 1768 in Darmstadt.[1] They had ten children together. Two daughters became queens consort as Louise would marry Frederick William III of Prussia and Frederica would marry Ernest Augustus I of Hanover.

Friederike died of complications resulting from child birth in Hanover, where her husband was field marshal of the household brigade. After her death her husband married her younger sister Charlotte in 1784. In 1794 her husband succeeded to the throne of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as Charles II and in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna, he was raised to the title grand duke.

She died at the age of 29, three days after giving birth to her tenth child, Augusta, who lived just one day. Friederike is buried in the royal crypt of the church of St John the Baptist in Mirow.[2]

Issue

Friederike had ten children, five of whom survived to adulthood. Two of her daughters married royalty, Louise becoming Queen of Prussia and Frederica becoming Queen of Hanover.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
16. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
17. Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
18. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
9. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
19. Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
2. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
20. Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg
10. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Münzenberg
21. Anna Magdalena, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Münzenberg
22. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
11. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
23. Princess Johanna of Baden-Durlach
1. Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
24. Georg Wilhelm, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg
12. John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
25. Countess Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein
6. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
26. Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (=20)
13. Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg
27. Anna Magdalena, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (=21)
3. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
28. Johann August, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
14. Georg Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
29. Countess Eleonore Cratz von Scharffenstein
7. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim
30. Count Frederik Ahlefeldt
15. Countess Charlotte Sybille Ahlefeldt
31. Countess Maria Elisabeth of Leiningen-Hartenburg

References

  1. ^ Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. et B. Magdelaine. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. p. 211. ISBN 978-2-901138-06-8.
  2. ^ "Friederike Caroline Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt". Find a grave.

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