Burial City Church, Darmstadt House House of Hohenzollern | Name Margravine Charlotte | |
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Born 28 November 1661
Ansbach ( 1661-11-28 ) Father Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach Mother Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen Died November 15, 1705, Darmstadt, Germany Spouse Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (m. 1687) Parents Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Children Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Grandchildren Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | ||
Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (28 November 1661, Ansbach – 15 November 1705, Darmstadt) was a German noblewomen, and by her marriage to Ernest Louis, Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt. The marriage took place in 1 December 1687.
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Life
Dorothea Charlotte was a daughter of the Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667), from his second marriage to Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen.
On 1 December 1687 she married Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was under the guardianship of his mother, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until 1688.
Dorothea Charlotte was a pietist and exerted some influence upon the affairs of state in favour of the pietists in the first years of her marriage. In cooperation with Philipp Jakob Spener, whose patron she became, she promoted pietism at the court and the local University. After her death, Ernest Louis turned against pietism.
She died in 1705 and was buried in the City Church in Darmstadt.
Issue
Her children were: