Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, <ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/> (9 May 1814, in Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark<ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/>- 28 July 1895, at Schloss Hohenburg in Lenggries, Kingdom of Bavaria<ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/>) was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth. Through her marriage to Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Marie Luise Charlotte was also a member of the House of Ascania and a Princess of Anhalt-Dessau.
Family
Marie Luise Charlotte was the second child and daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark.<ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/> She was an elder sister of Louise of Hesse-Kassel, consort of Christian IX of Denmark.
Marriage and issue
Marie Luise Charlotte married Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, fourth but third surviving son of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, on 11 September 1832 at Rumpenheimer Schloss in Offenbach am Main.<ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/> Marie Luise Charlotte and Frederick Augustus had three children:<ref name=thePeerage/>
* (b. Dessau, 25 December 1833 - d. Schloss Königstein, 24 November 1916), married on 23 April 1851 to Adolphe, last Duke of Nassau and first Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The current Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri, is her direct descendant.
* (b. Dessau, 29 December 1837 - d. Schloss Nachod, Bohemia, 10 February 1902), married on 30 May 1862 to Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe. Her eldest daughter, Charlotte, was the wife of William II, the last King of Württemberg and, through one of her younger daughters, Adelaide, she was the grandmother of the last head of the Wettin branch of Saxe-Altenburg, George Moritz.
*Hilda Charlotte (b. Dessau, 13 December 1839 - d. Dessau, 22 December 1926).
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
*9 May 1814 - 11 September 1832: Her Highness Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
*11 September 1832 - 28 July 1895: Her Highness Princess Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau
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