Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
Spouse Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Issue
Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
Prince George Bernhard
Prince Paul Christian
Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
Prince Frederick Augustus
Prince William Waldemar
Full name
German: Christiane Amalie
House House of Hesse-Homburg
House of Ascania
Father Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born 29 June 1774(1774-06-29)
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died 3 February 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 71)
Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau

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.

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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]

  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.
  2. Leopold IV Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau and since 1863 Duke of all Anhalt (b. Dessau, 1 October 1794 - d. Dessau, 22 May 1871).
  3. George Bernhard (b. Dessau, 21 February 1796 - d. Dresden, 16 October 1865).
  4. Paul Christian (b. Dessau, 22 March 1797 - d. Dessau, 4 May 1797).
  5. 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).
  6. Frederick Augustus (b. Dessau, 23 September 1799 - d. Dessau, 4 December 1864).
  7. 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

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Darryl Lundy (31 Jul 2005). "Amalie Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p441.htm#i4406. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f Paul Theroff. "HESSE". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/hesse.html. Retrieved 2009-12-17.