Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
| image = Charlotte Christiane.png
| caption = Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
| consort = yes
| birth_date = {{birth date|1755|11|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Darmstadt
| death_date = {{death date and age|1785|12|12|1755|11|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Hanover
| house = Hesse-Darmstadt
| spouse = {{marriage|Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg|1784}}
| issue = Duke Charles of Mecklenburg
| father = Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
| mother = Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
}}
Charlotte Wilhelmine Christiane Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (5 November 1755, Darmstadt – 12 December 1785, Hanover), 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), 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 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, who had died in childbirth. 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 died after the birth of her only child, a year after their marriage. 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).
Offspring
Her only child from her marriage to Charles was:
- Charles (1785-1837), General and President of the Prussian State Council
Ancestry
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| 1 = 1. Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
| 2 = 2. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
| 3 = 3. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
| 4 = 4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
| 5 = 5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
| 6 = 6. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
| 7 = 7. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim
| 8 = 8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
| 9 = 9. Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
| 10 = 10. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
| 11 = 11. Princess Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
| 12 = 12. Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
| 13 = 13. Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg
| 14 = 14. Count Georg Ludwig of Solms-Rödelheim
| 15 = 15. Countess Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeldt
| 16 = 16. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
| 17 = 17. Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
| 18 = 18. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
| 19 = 19. Countess Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen
| 20 = 20. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
| 21 = 21. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
| 22 = 22. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
| 23 = 23. Margravine Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach
| 24 = 24. Count George William of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
| 25 = 25. Countess Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein
| 26 = 26. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (= 20)
| 27 = 27. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (= 21)
| 28 = 28. Count Johann August of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
| 29 = 29. Countess Eleonore Barbara Marie Cratz of Scharffenstein
| 30 = 30. Count Friedrich of Ahlefeldt
| 31 = 31. Countess Maria Elisabeth of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
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References
- [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__20AAAAAcAAJ/page/n181 Carl Friedrich Günther: Anecdotes, character descriptions and memoirs from the Hessian area ..., p. 172 ]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=GUUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA6-PA1274&dq=Charlotte+Darmstadt+Karl+Mecklenburg&lr Political Journal, p. 1274]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=-GgQN9xH4hYC&pg=PA12&dq=Charlotte+Darmstadt+Karl+Mecklenburg&lr Luise Schorn-Schütte: Queen Louise, p. 12]
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