Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

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.

Princess Friederike
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born	(1752-08-20)20 August 1752 Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire
Died	22 May 1782(1782-05-22) (aged 29) Hanover, Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ​ ​ (m. 1768)​
Issue	Charlotte Georgine, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen Duchess Caroline Auguste Duke Georg Carl Therese, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Duke Friedrich Georg Louise, Queen of Prussia Frederica, Queen of Hanover George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duke Friedrich Karl Duchess Auguste Albertine
Names Friederike Caroline Luise
House	Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg

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 his wife, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg.

Friederike married Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 18 September 1768 in Darmstadt.^[1] After her death, Charles married her younger sister Charlotte in 1784.

Friederike died in 1782 in Hanover (where Charles was field marshal of the household brigade), 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.

Issue

Friederike and Charles had ten children between 1769 and 1782, five of whom survived to adulthood.

Friederike is the most recent common matrilineal ancestor of Harald V of Norway (via Louise), Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (also via Louise), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (via Charlotte Georgine), and Frederik X of Denmark (via Frederica).

Princess Frederica Louisa Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Issue

Name Portrait Lifespan Notes Duchess Charlotte Georgine Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen 17 November 1769 – 14 May 1818 Married in 1785 to Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and had issue; Duchess Karoline Auguste 17 February 1771 – 11 January 1773 Died in infancy Duke Georg Karl 4 March 1772 – 21 May 1773 Died in infancy Duchess Therese Mathilde Princess of Thurn and Taxis 5 April 1773 – 12 February 1839 Married Prince Karl Alexander of Thurn and Taxis and had issue; Duke Friedrich Georg 1 September 1774 – 5 November 1774 Died in infancy Duchess Louise Auguste Queen of Prussia 10 March 1776 – 19 July 1810 Married in 1793 to Frederick William III of Prussia and had issue; Duchess Frederica Louise Princess of Prussia Princess of Solms-Braunfels Queen of Hanover 3 March 1778 – 29 June 1841 Married first in 1793 Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and had issue; married second in 1798 to Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels and had issue; married third in 1815 to Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, and had issue; George Friedrich Grand Duke of Mecklenburg 12 August 1779 – September 1860 Married in 1817 Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel and had issue; Duke Friedrich Karl 7 January 1781 – 24 March 1783 Died in infancy Duchess Auguste Albertine 19 May 1782 – 20 May 1782 Died in infancy

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt[2]

8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 9. Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach 2. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt 10. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg 5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg 11. Princess Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 12. Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 6. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 13. Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg 3. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 14. Count Georg Ludwig of Solms-Rödelheim 7. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim 15. Countess Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeldt