Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (2March 174618September 1821) was Landgravine consort of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
Early life
Caroline was born on 2 March 1746 in Buchsweiler. She was the eldest daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.
Marriage
She married Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg on 27 September 1768. The marriage was contracted for diplomatic and political reasons as the symbol of an inheritance dispute between their respective families. Caroline and Frederick V produced many children but their marriage never developed into a personal relationship, and they lived mostly separated lives. Caroline often spent time in her villa in the forest near Homburg.
Issue
- Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769âÂÂ1829), married Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770âÂÂ1840)
- Louis William (1770âÂÂ1839), married Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen (1778âÂÂ1846), divorced in 1805
- Caroline (1771âÂÂ1854), married Prince Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767âÂÂ1807)
- Louise Ulrike (1772âÂÂ1854), married Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1771âÂÂ1825)
- Amalie (1774âÂÂ1846), married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769âÂÂ1814)
- Auguste (1776âÂÂ1871), married Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778âÂÂ1819)
- Philip (1779âÂÂ1846), married Rosalie Antonie, Countess of Naumburg, Baroness Schimmelpenninck von der Oye, née (1806âÂÂ1845)
- Gustav (1781âÂÂ1848), married Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1798âÂÂ1858)
- Ferdinand (1783âÂÂ1866), the last Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- Maria Anna (1785âÂÂ1846) married Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783âÂÂ1851)
- Leopold (1787âÂÂ1813), fell in the Battle of GroÃÂgörschen
Ancestry
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