Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |
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Born | Ansbach | 28 November 1661
Died | 15 November 1705 43) Darmstadt | (aged
Burial | City Church, Darmstadt |
Spouse | Ernest Louis |
Issue | Dorothea Sophie Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Charles William Francis Ernest Friederike Charlotte |
House | Hohenzollern |
Father | Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Mother | Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen |
Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (28 November 1661 – 15 November 1705) was a German noblewomen, and by her marriage to Ernest Louis, Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt. The marriage took place on 1 December 1687.
Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His parents were Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709).
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse between the four sons of Landgrave Philip I.
Dorothea Charlotte was a daughter of the Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667), from his second marriage to Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen.
Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a German prince, who was Margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death.
On 1 December 1687 she married Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was under the guardianship of his mother, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until 1688.
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, was a German princess and a member of the House of Wettin in the Ernestine branch of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. By marriage she was Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt and Landgravine-Regent from 1678 to 1688.
Dorothea Charlotte was a pietist and exerted some influence upon the affairs of state in favour of the pietists in the first years of her marriage. In cooperation with Philipp Jakob Spener, whose patron she became, she promoted pietism at the court and the local University. After her death, Ernest Louis turned against pietism.
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She died in 1705 and was buried in the City Church in Darmstadt.
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Her children were:
Louis VIII was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1739 to 1768. He was the son of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
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Vacant Title last held by Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt 1687–1705 | Vacant Title next held by Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken |