Sophie of Hesse-Kassel 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...

 by birth and by marriage Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe

Schaumburg-Lippe

Schaumburg-Lippe was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg.- History :...

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Life

Sophie was a daughter of Count Maurice of Hesse-Kassel

Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

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 (1572–1632) from his marriage to Juliane

Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg

Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg was a younger sister of prince William I of Orange-NassauJuliana was born at Dillenburg, the twelfth child of count William the Rich and Juliana of Stolberg, his second wife. Prior to her marriage, she had been engaged with Frederick II of Denmark...

 (1587–1643), daughter of Count John of Nassau-Dillenburg.

She married on 12 October 1640 in Hagen

Hagen

Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...

 Count Philip I of Schaumburg-Lippe

Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

Philipp I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe was the founder of the Schaumburg-Lippe line.-Biography:He was born in Lemgo the son of Simon VI, Count of Lippe and his second wife Countess Elisabeth of Holstein-Schaumburg .Following the death of his father in 1613 he inherited Lippe-Alverdissen which he...

 (1601–1681). Through his marriage secured Philip the renewed investiture with the districts Rodenberg

Rodenberg

Rodenberg is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the northwestern edge of the Deister hills, approx. 10 km east of Stadthagen, and 27 km west of Hanover....

 Hagenburg

Hagenburg

Hagenburg is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

 and Arensburg, which was conditional on his county being under the auspices of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Kassel.

Descendants

From her marriage with Philip, Sophie had the following children:

• Elizabeth (1646-1646)
• Sophie Eleonore (1648–1671)
• Johanna Dorothea (1649–1695)

married in 1664 (divorced in 1678) Count John Adolph of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1637-1704)

• Hedwig Louise (1650–1731)

married in 1676 Duke August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1652-1689)

• Bernard William (1651-1651)
• Philippine Elisabeth (1652–1703)

married in 1676, Count Philipp Christoph of Breunner to Asparn (d. 1708)

• Frederick Christian
  Frederick Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
  Friedrich Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe was the second ruler of the County of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Biography:...
  
  (1655–1728), Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

married firstly in 1691 (divorced in 1725) Countess Johanna Sophie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1673-1743)

married secondly in 1725 Anna Maria of Gall (1707-1760)

• Charles Herman (1656–1657)
• Charlotte Juliane (1657–1684)

married in 1676 Count John Heinrich of Kuefstein (1643-1687)

• Philip Ernest (1659–1723), Count of Lippe-Alverdissen

married in 1686 princess Dorothea Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1656-1739)