Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Marie Frederica

Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen

Born

6 September 1804
Kassel

Died

1 January 1888 (aged 83)
Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany

Spouse

Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Issue

Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Augusta Louise, Princess Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

Full name
German: Marie Friederike Wilhelmine

House

Hesse-Kassel

Father

William II, Elector of Hesse

Mother

Princess Augusta of Prussia

Princess Marie Frederica Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (6 September 1804 – 1 January 1888) was a daughter of William II, Elector of Hesse and Princess Augusta of Prussia.^[1] By her marriage to Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, she became Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen.

Family

Marie Frederica was one of six children born to William II, Elector of Hesse by his first wife Augusta of Prussia. Her only sibling to live past the age of five was Frederick William, Elector of Hesse however. In addition, she had eight half-siblings by her father's second marriage to Emilie Ortlöpp, Countess of Reichenbach-Lessonitz.

Marie Frederica's paternal grandparents were William I, Elector of Hesse and Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway. Her maternal grandparents were Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Marriage and children

In 1822, Marie, through the suggestion of her mother's friend, the Swedish countess Charlotta Aurora De Geer, was considered a possible bride for Oscar I of Sweden, but the following year, he married Josephine of Leuchtenberg instead.^[2]

On 23 March 1825, Marie married Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.^[1] He was a son of Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, as well as a brother of Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom. He and Marie had two surviving issue:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen	2 April 1826	25 June 1914	married (1) Princess Charlotte Frederica of Prussia; had issue (2) Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; had issue (3) Ellen Franz; no issue
Princess Augusta Luise Adelaide Karoline Ida	6 August 1843	11 November 1919	married Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

Her son Georg would remain an only child for seventeen years until the birth of his sister Augusta in 1843.^[3] Marie Frederica died on 1 January 1888, six years after her husband.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel

16. William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

8. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

17. Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz

4. William I, Elector of Hesse

18. George II of Great Britain

9. Princess Mary of Great Britain

19. Caroline of Ansbach

2. William II, Elector of Hesse

20. Christian VI of Denmark

10. Frederick V of Denmark

21. Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

5. Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark

22. George II of Great Britain

11. Louise of Great Britain

23. Caroline of Ansbach

1. Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel

24. Frederick William I of Prussia

12. Prince Augustus William of Prussia (= 10)

25. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

6. Frederick William II of Prussia

26. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

13. Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (= 11)

27. Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

3. Princess Augusta of Prussia

28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

7. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

15. Caroline of Zweibrücken

31. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

References

1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Marie Friederike Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
↑ Robert Braun (1950). Silvertronen. En bok om drottning Josefine av Sverige-Norge. Stockholm: Norlins förlag. Sid. 27-30. OCLC 14110774
↑ Koller, p. 30.

Sources

Koller, Ann Marie (1984). The Theater Duke: George II of Saxe-Meiningen and the German Stage. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1196-8.

German royalty
Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel House of Hesse-Kassel Born: 6 September 1804 Died: 1 January 1888
Preceded by Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen 1825-1866	Succeeded by Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princesses and Landgravines of Hesse by birth

1st Generation	Wilhemina, Princess Henry of Prussia¹

2nd Generation	none

3rd Generation	Marie, Queen of Denmark and Norway¹ Marie Friederike, Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg¹ Karoline Amalie, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg¹ Juliane, Princess-Abbess of Itzehoe¹ Louise Caroline, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg¹ Louise, Baroness von der Decken¹ Marie, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz¹ Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge¹

4th Generation	Princess Caroline¹ Princess Louise¹ Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Caroline Marie Luise Charlotte, Princess Frederick of Anhalt Louise, Queen of Denmark Auguste, Baroness von Blixen-Fineke Princess Sophie

5th Generation	Elisabeth, Hereditary Princess of Anhalt Princess Marie-Polyxene Sybille, Baroness von Vincke

6th Generation	none

7th Generation	Christina Margarethe, Mrs. van Eyck Dorothea, Princess Friedrich zu Windisch-Grätz Elisabeth, Countess Friedrich Carl von Oppersdorff Princess Clarissa Alice, Mrs. Derrien

8th Generation	Princess Mafalda, Mrs. Brachetti-Peretti Princess Elena Irina, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau

9th Generation	Princess Paulina Princess Elena

¹ Princess and Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel until 1803

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