Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, (born 9 May 1814 in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Kingdom of Denmark

Denmark

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; died 28 July 1895 at Schloss Hohenburg in Lenggries

Lenggries

Lenggries is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany. Lenggries is the center of the Isarwinkel, the region along the Isar between Bad Tölz and Wallgau...

, Kingdom of Bavaria

Kingdom of Bavaria

The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1806 as Maximilian I Joseph. The monarchy would remain held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom's dissolution in 1918...

) was a member of the House 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 a Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau , was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch.-Birth and family:...

, Marie Luise Charlotte was also a member of the House of Ascania and a Princess of Anhalt-Dessau.

Family

Marie Luise Charlotte was the second child and daughter of Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark was a princess of Denmark.She was born in Christiansborg Palace to Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.-Marriage:On 10 November 1810 in Amalienborg Palace...

. She was an elder sister of Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Louise of Hesse-Kassel

Louise of Hesse was a German Princess and the queen consort to King Christian IX of Denmark.-Early Life and Ancestry:...

, consort of Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX of Denmark

Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

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Marriage and issue

Marie Luise Charlotte married Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau , was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Dessau branch.-Birth and family:...

, fourth but third surviving son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and heir to the principality of Anhalt-Dessau....

 and his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

Landgravine Christiane Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, full German name: Christiane Amalie, Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg was a member of the House of Hesse-Homburg and a Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth...

, on 11 September 1832 at Rumpenheimer Schloss in Offenbach am Main. Marie Luise Charlotte and Frederick Augustus had three children:

• Adelaide Marie
  Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
  Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau was a Princess of Anhalt-Dessau and member of the House of Ascania...
  
   (b. Dessau, 25 December 1833 - d. Schloss Königstein, 24 November 1916), married on 23 April 1851 to Adolphe, last Duke of Nassau and first Grand Duke of Luxembourg
  Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
  Adolphe I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg was the last Duke of Nassau, and the fourth Grand Duke of Luxembourg.-Biography:...
  
  . The current Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri
  Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
  Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg OIH is the head of state of Luxembourg. He is the eldest son of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. His maternal grandparents were King Leopold III of Belgium and Astrid of Sweden...
  
  , is her direct descendant.
• Bathildis Amalgunde (b. Dessau, 29 December 1837 - d. Schloss Nachod, Bohemia, 10 February 1902), married on 30 May 1862 to Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
  Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
  Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and member of the House of Lippe.-Early life:William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe , and his wife, Princess...
  
  . Her eldest daughter, Charlotte, was the wife of William II, the last King of Württemberg
  William II of Württemberg
  William II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...
  
   and, through one of her younger daughters, Adelaide, she was the grandmother of the last head of the Wettin branch of Saxe-Altenburg
  Saxe-Altenburg
  Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.-History:The duchy originated from the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland , a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243...
  
  , George Moritz
  Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
  Wilhelm Georg Moritz Ernst Albert Frederick Karl Konstantin Eduard Max, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg was the last head of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg and nominal duke of Saxe-Altenburg...
  
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• Hilda Charlotte (b. Dessau, 13 December 1839 - d. Dessau, 22 December 1926).

Titles and styles

• 9 May 1814 – 11 September 1832: Her Highness Landgravine Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
• 11 September 1832 – 28 July 1895: Her Highness Princess Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

Ancestry