Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

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Princess Louise Caroline
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Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck later Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Tenure25 March 1816 – 17 February 1831
Born(1789-09-28)28 September 1789
Gottorp, Schleswig, Schleswig
Died13 March 1867(1867-03-13) (aged 77)
Ballenstedt, Saxony
Spouse
(m. 1810;died 1831)
Issue
Names
Louise Caroline
House Hesse-Kassel
Father Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Mother Princess Louise of Denmark

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel ( ‹See Tfd› German : Luise Karoline von Hessen-Kassel; 28 September 1789 13 March 1867) was the consort of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and the matriarch of the House of Glücksburg.

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Rare photo of Louise Caroline.

Early life

Louise Caroline was born at Gottorp, Schleswig, in the Duchy of Schleswig, to Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836) and his wife Princess Louise of Denmark (30 January 1750 – 12 January 1831). Her elder sister Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (28 October 1767 – 21 March 1852) became Queen consort of Frederick VI of Denmark.

Marriage and issue

Friedrich Wilhelm and his relative Louise Caroline married in 1810.[ citation needed ] The couple had ten children:

Louise Caroline's son, Prince Christian, was named third-in-line to the throne of Christian VIII of Denmark in 1847. He succeeded his childless maternal second cousin, Frederick VII of Denmark, on 15 November 1863, the Hereditary Prince Ferdinand having deceased somewhat earlier.

Her grandchildren included (among others) King Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, Empress Marie Feodorovna of All the Russias, King George I of the Hellenes and Crown Princess Thyra of Hanover.

At the time of her death, she was the last surviving grandchild of Frederick V of Denmark.

Ancestry

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References

Citations

    Bibliography

    • Hiort-Lorenzen, Hans Rudolf (1896). "Louise Caroline, Hertuginde af Glücksborg". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537-1814 (in Danish). Vol. X (1st ed.). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. pp. 404–405.
    Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
    Cadet branch of the House of Hesse
    Born: 28 September 1789 Died: 13 March 1867
    German nobility
    Preceded by Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
    25 March 18166 July 1825
    Succeeded by
    Title changed
    Preceded by
    Title changed
    Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    6 July 182517 February 1831
    Succeeded by