Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
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Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (16 July 1678, Kassel
– 30 May 1749, Bützow
) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel
and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.
(1653 to 1711), daughter of Duke Jacob Kettler
of Kurland.
She married on 2 January 1704 in Kassel Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
(1675–1713). They had no children. Frederick William probably suffered from a sexually transmitted disease.
After the death of the Duke, Sophie Charlotte lived at Bützow
Castle. She was a member of the Reformed, and in the predominantly Lutheran Mecklenburg, she patron of the French Reformed Church. She founded the German Reformed Church in Bützow.
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
– 30 May 1749, Bützow
Bützow
Bützow is a town in the district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany, with a population of 8,122 .The town was first mentioned in 1171....
) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...
and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Life
Sophie Charlotte was a daughter of Count Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1654 to 1730) from his marriage to Maria Amalia of CourlandMaria Amalia of Courland
Maria Anna Amalia of Courland was a German noblewoman. A princess of Courland from the Ketteler family, she was also Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel via her marriage on 21 May 1673 to her first cousin Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel...
(1653 to 1711), daughter of Duke Jacob Kettler
Jacob Kettler
Jacob Kettler was a Baltic German Duke of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia . Under his rule, the duchy was brought to its greatest peak in wealth and engaged in colonization.- Life :...
of Kurland.
She married on 2 January 1704 in Kassel Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick William I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the reigning Duke in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin part of the territory from 1692 until 1713....
(1675–1713). They had no children. Frederick William probably suffered from a sexually transmitted disease.
After the death of the Duke, Sophie Charlotte lived at Bützow
Bützow
Bützow is a town in the district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany, with a population of 8,122 .The town was first mentioned in 1171....
Castle. She was a member of the Reformed, and in the predominantly Lutheran Mecklenburg, she patron of the French Reformed Church. She founded the German Reformed Church in Bützow.
External links
- http://www.froufrou.de/ff_ausstellungen/makf/1560_6.html
- http://www.reformiert.de/Gemeinden/Buetzow/geschichte.htm
- http://www.landtag-mv.de/files/original/galerie_vom_23.01.2006_17.28.47/Gattinnen.pdf (PDF file, 43 kB)