List_of_Hessian_consorts
This is a list of the Landgravine, Electress and Grand Duchess of Hesse, the consorts of the Landgrave of Hesse and its successor states; and finally of the Electors and Grand Dukes of Hesse.
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Landgravine of Hesse (1264–1567) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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Adelheid of Brunswick | Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) |
1244 | before 26 March 1263 | 1264 husband's ascession |
12 June 1274 | Henry I | |
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Mechthild of Cleves | Dietrich VI, Count of Cleves (Cleves) |
– | before 26 February 1276 | 21 December 1308 husband's death |
21 December 1309 | ||
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Adelheid of Ravensberg | Otto III, Count of Ravensberg (Ravensberg) |
– | 1297 | 21 December 1308 husband's ascession |
17 January 1328 husband's death |
after 3 April 1338 | Otto I |
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Adelheid of Brunswick | Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) |
25 March 1290 | July 1306 | 21 December 1308 husband's ascession |
16/22 February 1311 husband's death |
14 February/2 October 1311 | John of Lower Hesse |
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Elisabeth of Thuringia | Frederick I, Landgrave of Thuringia (Wettin) |
1306 | 3 February 1318 or 25 September 1320 |
17 January 1328 husband's ascession |
before 1340 divorce |
1368, before 10 November | Henry II |
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Joanna of Nassau-Weilburg | John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (Nassau) |
1362 | 30 January/11 February 1377 | 1 January 1383 | Hermann II | ||
| Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg | Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (Hohenzollern) |
1363 | 15 October 1383 | 15 January 1406 | ||||
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Anna of Saxony | Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (Wettin) |
5 June 1420 | 13 September 1436 | 17 January 1458 husband's death |
17 September 1462 | Louis I | |
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Lower Hesse (Kassel) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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Mechthild of Württemberg | Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach (Württemberg) |
1436 | 18 August 1454 | 8 November 1471 husband's death |
6 June 1495 | Louis II | |
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Anna of Brunswick | William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Welf) |
1460 | 17 February 1488 | 3 June 1493 husband's abdication |
16 May 1520 | William I | |
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Yolande of Vaudémont | Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine) |
– | 9 November 1497 | 21 May 1500 | William II | ||
| Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg) |
14 September 1485 | 20 October 1500 | 11 July 1509 husband's death |
12 May 1525 | |||
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Upper Hesse (Marburg)
The only Landgravine of Upper Hesse was Anna of Katzenelnbogen (1443–1494) who married Henry III in 1458. One could say that Anna of Brunswick was a Landgravine of Upper Hesse when it was united with Lower Hesse after 1500.
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Landgravine of Hesse (1500–1567) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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Christine of Saxony | George, Duke of Saxony (Wettin) |
25 December 1505 | 11 December 1523 | 15 April 1549 | Philip I | ||
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Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (1567–1803) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Sabine of Württemberg | Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (Württemberg) |
2 July 1549 | 11 February 1566 | 31 March 1567 husband's accession |
17 August 1582 | William IV | ||
| Agnes of Solms-Laubach | John George, Count of Solms-Laubach (Solms-Laubach) |
7 January 1578 | 23 September 1593 | 23 November 1602 | Maurice | |||
| Juliane of Nassau-Siegen | John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (Nassau-Siegen) |
3 September 1587 | 22 May 1603 | 1627 husband's abdication |
15 February 1643 | |||
| Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg | Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (Hanau) |
29 January 1602 | 21 September 1619 | 1627 husband's accession |
21 September 1637 husband's death |
18 August 1651 | William V | |
| Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg | George William, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern) |
14 July 1623 | 9/19 July 1649 | 16 July 1663 husband's death |
26 June 1683 | William VI | ||
| Maria Amalia of Courland | Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland (Kettler) |
12 June 1653 | 21 May 1673 | 16 June 1711 | Charles I | |||
| Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden | Charles XI of Sweden (Palatinate-Zweibrücken) |
23 January 1688 | 4/15 May 1715 | 23 March 1730 husband's accession |
24 November 1741 | Frederick I | ||
| Mary of Great Britain | George II of Great Britain (Hanover) |
5 March 1723 | 28 June 1740 | 1 February 1760 husband's accession |
14 January 1772 | Frederick II | ||
| Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt | Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Hohenzollern) |
10 October 1745 | 10 January 1773 | 31 October 1785 husband's death |
May 1800 | |||
| Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark | Frederick V of Denmark (Oldenburg) |
10 July 1747 | 1 September 1764 | 31 October 1785 husband's accession |
15 May 1803 raised to Electress |
14 January 1820 | William IX | |
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Landgravine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1627–1834) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Sophie Juliane of Waldeck | Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen (Waldeck-Wildungen) |
1 April 1607 | 31 December 1633 | 15 September 1637 | Herman IV | |||
| Kunigunde Juliane of Anhalt-Dessau | John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (Ascania) |
17 February 1608 | 2 January 1642 | 25 March 1658 husband's death |
26 September 1683 | |||
| Eleonora of Solms-Lich | Philip I, Count of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms (Solms-Lich-Hohensolms) |
6 December 1632 | 1647 | 25 March 1658 husband's accession |
2 August 1689 | Ernest | ||
| Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim | Maximilian Karl Albert, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (Löwenstein-Wertheim) |
16 February 1686 | 9 November 1704 | 20 November 1725 husband's ascession |
29 November 1749 husband's death |
22 February 1753 | Ernest Leopold | |
| Sophia of Starhemberg | Conrad Sigismund, Count of Starhemberg (Starhemberg) |
17/28 October 1722 | 25 August 1745 | 29 November 1749 husband's ascession |
12 December 1773 | Constantine | ||
| Jeanne of Bombelles | Joseph Henri, Comte de Bombelles, Baron de la Motte-Saint-Lié (Bombelles) |
22 October 1751 | 27 May 1775 | 30 December 1778 husband's death |
28 November 1822 | |||
| Leopoldine of Liechtenstein | Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (Liechtenstein) |
30 January 1754 | 1 September 1771 | 30 December 1778 husband's accession |
23 March 1812 husband's death |
16 October 1823 | Charles Emmanuel | |
| Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Hohenlohe-Langenburg) |
22 November 1790 | 10 September 1812 | 6 October 1830 | Victor Amadeus | |||
| Eleonora of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim | Franz, Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim (Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim) |
13 July 1799 | 19 November 1831 | 12 November 1834 husband's death |
10 November 1851 | |||
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Landgravine of Hesse-Eschwege (1627–1667) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Eleonora Catherine of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken | John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (Palatinate-Zweibrücken) |
17 May 1626 | 8 September 1646 | 24 September 1655 husband's death |
3 March 1692 | Frederick (Hesse-Eschwege) | ||
| Eleonora of Solms-Lich | Philip I, Count of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms (Solms-Lich-Hohensolms) |
6 December 1632 | 1647 | 24 September 1655 husband's accession |
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2 August 1689 | Ernest | |
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Landgravine of Hesse-Rheinfels (1627–1658) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Eleonora of Solms-Lich | Philip I, Count of Solms-Lich-Hohensolms (Solms-Lich-Hohensolms) |
6 December 1632 | 1647 | 25 March 1658 Inherits Rotenburg |
2 August 1689 | Ernest | ||
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Landgravine of Hesse-Wanfried (1676–1755) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheid | Erich Adolf, Count of Salm-Reifferscheid (Salm-Reifferscheid) |
17 June 1649 | 24 January 1669 | 1676 Wanfried created |
4/14 April 1675 | Charles | ||
| Juliane Alexandrine of Leiningen-Heidesheim | Emich XII, Count of Leiningen-Heidesheim (Leiningen-Heidesheim) |
21 August 1651 | 4 June 1678 | 19 April 1703 | ||||
| Ernestine of the Palatinate-Sulzbach | Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (Wittelsbach) |
15 May 1697 | 19 September 1719 | 1 April 1731 husband's death |
14 April 1775 | William | ||
| Marie Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein | Philipp Carl Caspar, Count of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (Hohenlohe-Bartenstein) |
17 August 1698 | 11 August 1731 | 21 October 1755 husband's death |
11 December 1757 | Christian | ||
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Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal (1663–1866) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Catherine Amalie of Solms-Laubach | Charles Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach (Solms-Laubach) |
26 September 1654 | 16 April 1680 | 18 June 1721 husband's death |
26 April 1736 | Philip | ||
| Caroline of Saxe-Eisenach | John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (Wettin) |
15 April 1699 | 24 November 1725 | 25 July 1743 | Charles I | |||
| Ulrike Eleonore of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld | William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Hesse) |
27 April 1732 | 22 June 1755 | 8 May 1770 husband's accession |
2 February 1795 | William | ||
| Caroline of Hesse-Philippsthal | Charles, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Philippsthal (Hesse) |
10 February 1793 | 17 February 1812 | 16 February 1816 husband's accession |
25 December 1849 husband's death |
9 February 1869 | Ernest Constantine | |
| Marie of Württemberg | Duke Eugen of Württemberg (Württemberg) |
25 March 1818 | 9 October 1845 | 25 December 1849 husband's accession |
1866 landgraviate annexed to Prussia |
10 April 1888 | Charles II | |
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Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1721–1866) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Charlotte of Anhalt-Bernburg | Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym (Ascania) |
24 November 1704 | 31 October 1724 | 13 May 1761 husband's death |
11 November 1766 | William | ||
| Sophie Henrietta of Salm-Grumbach | Karl Walrad Wilhelm, Count of Salm-Grumbach (Salm-Grumbach) |
1740 | 15 January 1772 | 1772 husband's lost title |
20 February 1800 | Frederick | ||
| Louise of Saxe-Meiningen | Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Wettin) |
6 August 1752 | 18 October 1781 | 17 July 1803 husband's death |
3 June 1805 | Adolf | ||
| Auguste of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen) |
16 November 1793 | 19 July 1816 | 8 June 1821 | Charles | |||
| Sophie of Bentheim and Steinfurt | Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (Bentheim-Steinfurt) |
6 January 1794 | 10 September 1823 | 17 July 1854 husband's death |
6 May 1873 | |||
| Louise of Prussia | Prince Charles of Prussia (Hohenzollern) |
1 March 1829 | 27 June 1854 | 17 July 1854 husband's accession |
1861 divorce |
10 May 1901 | Alexis | |
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Landgravines of Hesse-Marburg (1567–1604) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Hedwig of Württemberg | Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (Württemberg) |
15 January 1547 | 10 May 1563 | 31 March 1567 husband's accession |
4 March 1590 | Louis IV | ||
| Marie of Mansfeld-Hinterort | John I, Count of Mansfeld-Hinterort (Mansfeld-Hinterort) |
3 March 1567 | 4 July 1591 | 9 October 1604 husband's death |
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Landgravines of Hesse-Rheinfels (1567–1583) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Anna Elisabeth of the Palatinate | Frederick III, Elector Palatine (Wittelsbach) |
23 July 1549 | 18 January 1569 | 30 November 1583 husband's death |
20 September 1609 | Philip II | ||
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Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1806) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Magdalene of Lippe | Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe (Lippe) |
24 February 1552 | 17 August 1572 | 26 February 1587 | George I | |||
| Eleonore of Württemberg | Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (Württemberg) |
22 March 1552 | 25 May 1589 | 7 February 1596 husband's death |
12 January 1618 | |||
| Magdalene of Brandenburg | John George, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern) |
7 January 1582 | 5/14 June 1598 | 4 May 1616 | Louis V | |||
| Sophia Eleonore of Saxony | John George I, Elector of Saxony (Wettin) |
23 November 1609 | 1 April 1627 | 11 June 1661 husband's death |
2 June 1671 | George II | ||
| Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp | Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (Holstein-Gottorp) |
6 June 1634 | 24 November 1650 | 11 June 1661 husband's accession |
17 June 1665 | Louis VI | ||
| Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (Wettin) |
8 January 1640 | 5 December 1666 | 24 April 1678 husband's death |
24 August 1709 | |||
| Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach | Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Hohenzollern) |
28 November 1661 | 1 December 1687 | 15 November 1705 | Ernest Louis | |||
| Caroline of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken | Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (Palatinate-Zweibrücken) |
9 March 1721 | 12 August 1741 | 17 October 1768 husband's accession |
30 March 1774 | Louis IX | ||
| Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt | Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt) |
15 February 1761 | 19 February 1777 | 6 April 1790 husband's accession |
13 August 1806 raised to Grand Duchess |
24 October 1829 | Louis X | |
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Landgravine of Hesse-Butzbach (1609–1643) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Anna Margaretha of Diepholz | Friedrich II, Count of Diepholz (Diepholz) |
22 July 1580 | 29 July 1610 | 9 August 1629 | Philip III | |||
| Christina Sophia of East Frisia | Enno III, Count of East Frisia (Cirksena) |
26 September 1609 | 2 June 1632 | 28 April 1643 husband's death |
20 March 1658 | |||
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Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1622–1866) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Margarete Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg | Christoph, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg (Leiningen) |
30 June 1604 | 10 August 1622 | 9 May 1638 husband's death |
13 August 1667 | Frederick I | ||
| Sophia Eleonora of Hesse-Darmstadt | George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse) |
7 January 1634 | 21 April 1650 | 7 October 1663 | William Christoph | |||
| Anna-Elisabetha of Saxe-Lauenburg | Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania) |
23 August 1624 | 2 April 1665 | 1669 husband sold title but retained Bingenheim |
27 May 1688 | |||
| Anna Catherine of Pogwitsch | Welf Pogwisch zu Farve (Pogwisch) |
1633/8 | 11 October 1666 | 1669 husband purchased the Landgraviate |
1671 mortgaged the Landgraviate to two merchants and later Hesse-Darmstadt |
18 May 1694 | George Christian | |
| Louise Elisabeth of Courland | Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland (Kettler) |
12 August 1646 | 23 October/2 November 1670 | 1679 husband redeemed the Landgraviate |
16 December 1690 | Frederick II | ||
| Sophie Sybille of Leiningen-Westerburg | Christoph, Count of Leiningen-Westerburg (Leiningen) |
14 June 1656 | 15 November 1691 | 24 January 1708 husband's death |
13 April 1724 | |||
| Elisabeth Dorothea of Hesse-Darmstadt | Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse) |
24 April 1676 | 14/24 February 1700 | 24 January 1708 husband's accession |
9 September 1721 | Frederick III | ||
| Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler | Friedrich Ludwig, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler (Nassau) |
2 September 1685 | 17 October 1728 | 8 June 1746 husband's death |
6 November 1761 | |||
| Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels | Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels (Solms-Braunfels) |
1 May 1731 | 10 October 1746 | 7 February 1751 husband's death |
12 September 1792 | Frederick IV | ||
| Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt | Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse) |
2 March 1746 | 27 September 1768 | 20 January 1820 husband's death |
18 September 1821 | Frederick V | ||
| Elizabeth of the United Kingdom | George III of the United Kingdom (Hanover) |
22 May 1770 | 7 April 1818 | 20 January 1820 husband's accession |
2 April 1829 husband's death |
10 January 1840 | Frederick VI | |
| Louise Fredericka of Anhalt-Dessau | Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (Ascania) |
1 March 1798 | 12 February 1818 | 15 December 1846 husband's accession |
8 September 1848 husband's death |
11 June 1858 | Gustav | |
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Landgravine of Hesse-Braubach (1625–1651) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein | Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein (Sayn-Wittgenstein) |
27 August 1626 | 30 September 1647 | 1 April 1651 husband's death |
28 September 1701 | John of Hesse-Braubach | ||
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Landgravine of Hesse-Itter (1661–1676) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Landgravine | Ceased to be Landgravine | Death | Husband |
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| Dorothea Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen | John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen) |
30 September 1636 | 5 March 1661 | 11 June 1661 husband's accession |
18 September 1662 | George III | ||
| Juliane Alexandrine of Leiningen-Heidesheim | Emich XIII, Count of Leiningen-Heidesheim (Leiningen-Heidesheim) |
21 August 1651 | 21 July 1667 | 19 July 1676 husband's death |
1 April 1703 | |||
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Electress of Hesse (1803–1866) | ||||||||
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Electress | Ceased to be Electress | Death | Husband |
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| Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark | Frederick V of Denmark (Oldenburg) |
10 July 1747 | 1 September 1764 | 15 May 1803 raised to Electress |
14 January 1820 | William I | ||
| Augusta of Prussia | Frederick William II of Prussia (Hohenzollern) |
1 May 1780 | 13 February 1797 | 27 February 1821 husband accession |
19 February 1841 | William II | ||
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- The History Files: Rulers of Hesse
- Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the Hessian noble family". Genealogy.EU.