Elisabeth Henriëtte of Hesse-Kassel | |
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Electoral Princess of Brandenburg Hereditary Princess of Prussia | |
Born | Kassel, Germany | 18 November 1661
Died | 7 July 1683 Cölln, Germany | (aged 21)
Spouse | |
Issue | Luise, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel |
House | Hesse-Kassel |
Father | William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
Mother | Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg |
Religion | Calvinism |
Landgravine Elisabeth Henriëtte von Hessen-Kassel (18 November 1661 – 7 July 1683) was the daughter of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg (1623–1683) and electoral princess of Brandenburg through her marriage to Frederick I of Prussia. [1]
Elisabeth Henriëtte was born in Kassel, Germany on 18 November 1661 to William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. [1] She was the youngest of seven; siblings included Queen Charlotte Amalie, William VII, Luise, Charles I, Philip, and George. [2] She suffered from an unknown illness in 1677 that her mother treated with the milk cure, wherein a teenage Elisabeth suckled from a wet nurse for three weeks and eventually recovered. [3] Years later, on 13 August 1679, she married her cousin, Frederick, Prince Elector of Brandenburg, in Potsdam [1] after his plan to marry a sister of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I fell through.[ citation needed] They held court in Köpenick Palace in a district of Berlin. [1] On 29 September 1680, Luise Dorothea Sophie, the couple's only child, was born. [1] Luise Dorothea later married Frederick I of Sweden, her first cousin, and became the electoral princess of Hesse-Kassel before dying in childbirth in 1705 at age 25. [4] [5]
Elisabeth Henriëtte died on 7 July 1683 at age 21 from smallpox. [1] [6] Frederick accused his stepmother Dorothea of poisoning her but this was found to be untrue via investigation. [1] She is buried at Berlin Cathedral with Frederick and his second wife Sophia Charlotte. [7]
Ancestors of Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel |
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