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Landgravine Caroline of Hesse Darmstadt

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Name
  
Landgravine of


Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Born
  
2 March 1746 Buchsweiler (
1746-03-02
)

Died
  
18 September 1821(1821-09-18) (aged 75) Bad Homburg vor der Hohe

Spouse
  
Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Father
  
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Mother
  
Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrucken

Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (2 March 1746, Buchsweiler – 18 September 1821, Homburg) was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife Caroline. She married Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg on 27 September 1768.

They had these following children:

  • Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769–1829), married Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840)
  • Louis William (1770–1839), married Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen (1778–1846), divorced in 1805
  • Caroline (1771–1854), married Prince Louis Frederick II of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767–1807)
  • Louise Ulrike (1772–1854), married Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1771–1825)
  • Amalie (1774–1846), married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769–1814)
  • Auguste (1776–1871), married Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819)
  • Philip (1779–1846), married Rosalie Antonie, Countess of Naumburg, Baroness Schimmelpfennig von der Oye, née Pototschnig (1806–1845)
  • Gustav (1781–1848), married Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1798–1858)
  • Ferdinand (1783–1866), the last Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
  • Maria Anna (1785–1846) married Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851)
  • Leopold (1787–1813), fell in the Battle of Großgörschen

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