Landgravine Elisabeth Henriëtte von Hessen-Kassel (18 November 1661 – 7 July 1683) was the daughter of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg (1623–1683) and electoral princess of Brandenburg through her marriage to Frederick I of Prussia.[1]
| Elisabeth Henriëtte of Hesse-Kassel | |
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| Electoral Princess of Brandenburg Hereditary Princess of Prussia | |
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| Born | 18 November 1661 Kassel, Germany |
| Died | 7 July 1683 (aged 21) Cölln, Germany |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Luise, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel |
| House | Hesse-Kassel |
| Father | William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
| Mother | Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg |
| Religion | Calvinism |
Biography
editElisabeth Henriëtte was born in Kassel, Germany on 18 November 1661 to William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.[1] She was the youngest of seven; siblings included Queen Charlotte Amalie, William VII, Luise, Charles I, Philip, and George.[citation needed] She suffered from an unknown illness in 1677 that her mother treated with the milk cure, wherein a teenage Elisabeth suckled from a wet nurse for three weeks and eventually recovered.[2] Years later, on 13 August 1679, she married her cousin, Frederick, Prince Elector of Brandenburg, in Potsdam[1] after his plan to marry a sister of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I fell through.[citation needed] They held court in Köpenick Palace in a district of Berlin.[1] On 29 September 1680, Luise Dorothea Sophie, the couple's only child, was born.[1] Luise Dorothea later married Frederick I of Sweden, her first cousin, and became the electoral princess of Hesse-Kassel before dying in childbirth in 1705 at age 25[3]
Elisabeth Henriëtte died on 7 July 1683 at age 21 from smallpox.[1][4] Frederick accused his stepmother Dorothea of poisoning her but this was found to be untrue via investigation.[1] She is buried at Berlin Cathedral with Frederick and his second wife Sophia Charlotte.[5]
Ancestry
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Elisabeth Henriette von Hessen-Kassel" (in German). Preussen Chronik. n.d. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ Sperling, Jutta Gisela. Roman Charity: Queer Lactations in Early Modern Visual Culture. p. 275.
- ^ Matthews, Crawford Antony Roxburgh (2019). Anglo-Prussian Relations and the Reciprocal Production of Status: Ceremonial and Diplomacy between London and Berlin, 1701- 1714 (PhD). University of Hull.
- ^ Noack, Lothar; Splett, Jürgen. Berlin-Cölln 1688–1713. p. 541.
- ^ "BURIAL PLACES OF BRANDENBURG AND PRUSSIAN SOVEREIGNS". royaltombs.dk. n.d. Retrieved 2022-01-29.