Friederike Karoline Luise Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz von Hessen-Darmstadt, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Friederike of Hesse-DarmstadtPrincess 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.

[edit] 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.[1] They had ten children together. Two daughters became queens consort as Louise would marry Frederick William III of Prussia and Frederica would marry Ernest Augustus I of Hanover.

Friederike Karoline Luise Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt (1)

F, #101141, b. 20 August 1752, d. 22 May 1782

Last Edited=9 Jan 2009

Friederike Karoline Luise Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt was born on 20 August 1752. (3) She was the daughter of Georg Wilhelm Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Marie Luise Gräfin zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim. She married Karl II Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, son of Karl Ludwig Friedrich Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Elisabeth Albertine von Sachsen-Hildburghausen, on 8 September 1768. (3)

She died on 22 May 1782 at age 29. (3)

    Friederike Karoline Luise Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt gained the title of Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt. (1)

Children of Friederike Karoline Luise Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt and Karl II Großherzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz

-1. Charlotte Georgine Luise Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz+4 b. 17 Nov 1769, d. 14 May 1818

-2. Karoline Auguste Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz5 b. 17 Feb 1771, d. 11 Jan 1773

-3. Georg Karl Friedrich Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz5 b. 4 Mar 1772, d. 21 May 1773

-4. Therese Mathilde Amalie Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz+5 b. 5 Apr 1773, d. 12 Feb 1839

-5. Friedrich Georg Karl Graf von Mecklenburg-Strelitz5 b. 1 Sep 1775, d. 5 Nov 1775

-6. Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz+4 b. 10 Mar 1776, d. 19 Jul 1810

-7. Friederike Luise Karoline Sophie Charlotte Alexandrine Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz+ b. 2 Mar 1778, d. 29 Jun 1841

-8. Georg Großherog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz+ b. 12 Aug 1779, d. 6 Sep 1860

-9. Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz5 b. 7 Jan 1781, d. 24 Mar 1783

-10. Augusta Albertina Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz5 b. 19 May 1782, d. 20 May 1783

Forrás / Source:

http://thepeerage.com/p10115.htm#i101141