Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Spouse Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Mother Maria Amalia of Courland
Born 16 July 1678
Kassel
Died 30 May 1749 (aged 70)
Bützow

Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (16 July 1678, Kassel – 30 May 1749, Bützow) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.

Life

Sophie Charlotte was a daughter of Count Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1654 to 1730) from his marriage to Maria Amalia of Courland (1653 to 1711), daughter of Duke Jacob Kettler of Kurland.

She married on 2 January 1704 in Kassel Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675–1713). They had no children. Frederick William probably suffered from a sexually transmitted disease.

After the death of the Duke, Sophie Charlotte lived at Bützow Castle. She was a member of the Reformed, and in the predominantly Lutheran Mecklenburg, she patron of the French Reformed Church. She founded the German Reformed Church in Bützow.

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