Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

Landgravine Amalie
Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
Born	29 June 1774 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	3 February 1846 (aged 71) Dessau, Duchy 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 (by birth) House of Ascania (by marriage)
Father	Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother	Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

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 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 of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 18 August 1793 - d. Rudolstadt, 12 June 1854), married on 15 April 1816 to Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
• Leopold IV Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 1 October 1794 - d. Dessau, 22 May 1871); since 1863 Duke of all Anhalt.
• George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 21 February 1796 - d. Dresden, 16 October 1865)
• Paul Christian of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 22 March 1797 - d. Dessau, 4 May 1797)
• Louise Fredericka of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 1 March 1798 - d. Homburg, 11 June 1858), a deaf-mute from birth; married on 12 February 1818 to her maternal uncle Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
• Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (b. Dessau, 23 September 1799 - d. Dessau, 4 December 1864).
• William Waldemar of Anhalt-Dessau (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

16. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg               8. Landgrave Kasimir Wilhelm of Hesse-Homburg                       17. Princess Louise Elisabeth of Courland               4. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg                             18. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels               9. Countess Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels                       19. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg               2. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg                                   20. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels (= 18)               10. Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Solms-Braunfels                       21. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg (= 19)               5. Countess Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels                             22. Karl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach-Utphe and Tecklenburg               11. Countess Sophie Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Laubach-Utphe                       23. Countess Louise of Schönburg-Waldenburg               1. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg                                         24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       25. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach               6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                             26. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg               13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg                       27. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach               3. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   28. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld               14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       29. Katharina Agathe, Countess of Rappoltstein               7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken                             30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               15. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

References

1. Darryl Lundy (31 Jul 2005). "Amalie Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-12-17. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. Paul Theroff. "HESSE". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2009-12-17.

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