Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895) was a member of the

House of Hesse-Kassel The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918. Burke's Royal Families of the World, ...

by birth. Through her marriage to

Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (german: Friedrich August von Anhalt-Dessau) (23 September 1799 – 4 December 1864), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch. Birth and family Frederick was born in Dessau on ...

, she became a princess of Anhalt-Dessau.

Family

Marie Luise Charlotte was the second child and daughter of

Prince William of Hesse-Kassel Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (24 December 1787 – 5 September 1867) was the first son of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen. Marriage and children On 10 November 1810, William was married in Amalienborg P ...

and his wife

Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark ( da, Charlotte af Danmark; 30 October 1789 – 28 March 1864) was a Danish princess, and a princess of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to Prince William of Hesse-Kassel. Princess Charlotte was a significant figu ...

. She was an elder sister of

Louise of Hesse-Kassel da, Louise Wilhelmine Frederikke Caroline Auguste Julie , succession = Queen consort of Denmark , image = Louise of Hesse-Kassel.jpg , reign = 15 November 1863 – 29 September 1898 , spouse = , issue = , house = ...

, consort of

Christian IX of Denmark Christian IX (8 April 181829 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. A younger son of Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein- ...

: Her other siblings included Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Auguste Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel.

Marriage and issue

Marie Luise Charlotte married

, fourth but third surviving son of

Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau (27 December 1769 – 27 May 1814), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and heir to the principality (and from 1807 the duchy) of Anhalt-Dessau. He was born in Dessau, the only surviving child of Leopold III, ...

and his wife,

Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg , title = Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau , image = Johann Friedrich August Tischbein - Christiane Amalie Erbprinzessin von Anhalt-Dessau.jpg , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , ...

, on 11 September 1832 at

Rumpenheimer Schloss Rumpenheim Castle is a ''Schloss'' located in the banks of the Main (river), Main river in the German city of Offenbach am Main. History The origin of the palace dates back to the manor house of Johann Georg Seifert von Edelsheim, a politician ...

Offenbach am Main Offenbach am Main () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Hesse, Germany, on the left bank of the river Main (river), Main. It borders Frankfurt and is part of the Frankfurt urban area and the larger Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Aut ...

. 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 Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry (given name), Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List_of_rulers_named_Henry#France, List of rulers named Henry ...

, is her direct descendant. * ''Bathildis'' Amalgunde (Dessau, 29 December 1837 – Schloss Nachod, Bohemia, 10 February 1902); married

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe , house =House of Lippe , father =George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe , mother =Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont , birth_date = , birth_place =Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, German Confederation , death_date = , d ...

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 Saxe-Altenburg (german: Sachsen-Altenburg, links=no) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometer ...

, George Moritz. * ''Hilda'' Charlotte (Dessau, 13 December 1839 – Dessau, 22 December 1926).

Ancestry

References

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Bibliography

* * ''Haus Hessen - Biografisches Lexikon (Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission)'' by Eckhart G. Franz. Darmstadt: Hessische Historische Kommission, 2012, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Marie Louise Charlotte Of Hesse-Kassel, Princess 1814 births 1895 deaths House of Hesse-Kassel House of Ascania Nobility from Copenhagen Landgravines of Hesse-Kassel German people of Danish descent German people of Norwegian descent German people of English descent Danish people of German descent Danish people of English descent Danish people of Norwegian descent Royal reburials