Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
Landgravine Christiane Amalie of Hesse-Homburg,[1][2] full German name: Christiane Amalie, Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg[1][2] (29 June 1774, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire[1][2] – 3 February 1846, Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau[1][2]) was a member of the House of Hesse-Homburg and a Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth. Through her marriage to Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Amalie was also a member of the House of Ascania and Hereditary Princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau.
Family
Amalie was the fifth child of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.[1][2]
Marriage and issue
Amalie married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, only surviving child of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Margravine Louise Henriette Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, on 12 June 1792 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire.[1][2] Amalie and Frederick had seven children:[1]
- Amalie Auguste (b. Dessau, 18 August 1793 - d. Rudolstadt, 12 June 1854), married on 15 April 1816 to Frederick Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
- Leopold IV Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau and since 1863 Duke of all Anhalt (b. Dessau, 1 October 1794 - d. Dessau, 22 May 1871).
- George Bernhard (b. Dessau, 21 February 1796 - d. Dresden, 16 October 1865).
- Paul Christian (b. Dessau, 22 March 1797 - d. Dessau, 4 May 1797).
- Louise Fredericka (b. Dessau, 1 March 1798 - d. Homburg, 11 June 1858), a deaf-mute from birth; married on 12 February 1818 to her uncle Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (brother of her mother).
- Frederick Augustus (b. Dessau, 23 September 1799 - d. Dessau, 4 December 1864).
- William Waldemar (b. Dessau, 29 May 1807 - d. Vienna, 8 October 1864), married morganatically on 9 July 1840 to Emilie Klausnitzer (b. Dessau, 30 January 1812 - d. Vienna, 28 March 1888), created Freifrau von Stolzenberg in 1842.
The poet Friedrich Hölderlin dedicated his 1800 poem Aus stillem Hauße senden - An eine Fürstin von Dessau to the Hereditary Princess.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 29 June 1774 – 12 June 1792: Her Highness Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
- 12 June 1792 – 27 May 1814: Her Highness The Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
- 27 May 1814 – 3 February 1846: Her Serene Highness The Dowager Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
Ancestry
Ancestors of Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg |
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16. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg |
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8. Landgrave Kasimir Wilhelm of Hesse-Homburg |
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17. Princess Louise Elisabeth of Courland |
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4. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg |
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18. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels |
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9. Countess Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels |
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19. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg |
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2. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg |
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20. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels (= 18) |
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10. Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Solms-Braunfels |
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21. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg (= 19) |
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5. Countess Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels |
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22. Karl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach-Utphe and Tecklenburg |
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11. Countess Sophie Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Laubach-Utphe |
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23. Countess Louise of Schönburg-Waldenburg |
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1. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg |
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24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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25. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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26. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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27. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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3. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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28. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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29. Katharina Agathe, Countess of Rappoltstein |
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7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken |
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30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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15. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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