Princess Luise Dorothea Sophie of Prussia (29 September 1680 – 23 December 1705) was Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel. She was the daughter of
Frederick I Frederick I may refer to:
* Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht.
* Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978)
* Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105)
* Frederick I, Count of Zoll ...
, the first
king in Prussia
King ''in'' Prussia (German: ''König in Preußen'') was a title used by the Prussian kings (also in personal union Electors of Brandenburg) from 1701 to 1772. Subsequently, they used the title King ''of'' Prussia (''König von Preußen'').
Th ...
, by his first wife
Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel
Landgravine Elisabeth Henriëtte von Hessen-Kassel (18 November 1661 – 7 July 1683) was the daughter of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg (1623–1683) and electoral princess of Brandenburg through her marri ...
. She died in childbirth.
Biography
On 31 May 1700, she married her first cousin
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel. Frederick was King of Sweden 1720-1751 and
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, was a state in the Holy Roman Empire that was directly subject to the Emperor. The state was created in 1567 when the Lan ...
from 1730 to 1751.
Luise Dorothea was married in Berlin 31 May 1700 in a grand ceremony which took place during several weeks to great costs.
Conrad Mel wrote ''Font Legatio orientalis'' at the occasion. During her five years of marriage, Luise Dorothea suffered from poor health. She died in childbirth.
Frederick remarried to
Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden, later becoming her prince consort and eventual King of Sweden.
Ancestry
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1680 births
1705 deaths
Deaths in childbirth
House of Hohenzollern
Prussian princesses
House of Hesse-Kassel
People from Berlin
Hereditary Princesses of Hesse-Kassel
Daughters of kings