Sofia Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel ( German: Sophie Charlotte von Hessen-Kassel ; July 16, 1678 , Kassel - May 30, 1749 , Buttsov ) - Princess of Hesse-Kasselskaya , married Duchess of Mecklenburg .
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| Successor | Ekaterina Ioannovna | ||||||
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Biography
Sophia Charlotte is the daughter of the Landgrave Karl of Hesse-Kasselsky and his wife Maria Amalia Courland , daughter of the Duke of Courland, Jacob Kettler .
On January 2, 1704, in Kassel, Sofia Charlotte married Frederick William I of Mecklenburg . The marriage remained childless, as Friedrich Wilhelm had previously been infected and had a sexually transmitted disease.
After the death of the Duke, Sophia Charlotte lived in the Buttes Castle . Belonging to the reformed religion, she became in Lutheran Mecklenburg the patroness of the French reformed community. She founded the German Reformed Community in Butzow.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The Peerage
Literature
- Christian Röth: Geschichte von Hessen, p. 322