Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt (August 20 1752 – May 22 1782) was a member of the House of Hesse and by marriage a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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 Countess Maria Luise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg.

She married Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on September 18 1768 in Darmstadt. [cite book |last= Huberty |first= Michel |coauthors= Alain Giraud, F. et B. Magdelaine |title= L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg |isbn= 9782901138068 |pages=211 ] They had ten children together. Two daughters became queen consorts as Louise would marry Frederick William III of Prussia and Frederica would marry Ernest Augustus I of Hanover.
*Duchess Charlotte (1769-1818) married Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
*Duchess Karoline Auguste (1771-1773)
*Duke Georg Karl (1772-1773)
*Duchess Therese (1773-1839) married Karl Alexander, Prince of Thurn and Taxis
*Duke Friedrich Georg (1774-1774)
*Duchess Louise (1776-1810) married Frederick William III of Prussia
*Duchess Frederica (1778-1841) married (1) Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (2) Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (3) Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
*Duke Georg (1779-1860)
*Duke Friedrich Karl (1781-1783)
*Duchess Auguste Albertine (1782-1782)

Friederike died of complications resulting from child birth in Hanover, where her husband was field marshal of the household brigade. After her death her husband married her younger sister Charlotte in 1784. In 1794 her husband succeeded to the throne of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as Charles II and in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna, he was raised to the title grand duke.

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