Friederike Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt

Friederike Luise, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt

Daughter of Ludwig IX. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719-1790) and his wife Henriette Karoline Princess of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1721-1774)

Born: near Prenzlau 16. Oct 1751

Married: Charlottenburg Palace 14. Jul 1769 Friedrich Wilhelm II. King of Prussia (1744-1797)

Issue:

• Friedrich Wilhelm III. King of Prussia (1770-1840) m. 1793 Luise Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810); m. 1824 (morg.) Auguste Gräfin v. Harrach, cr. Fürstin v. Liegnitz (1800-1873)
• Christine Princess of Prussia (1772-1773)
• Ludwig Prince of Prussia (1773-1796) m. 1793 Friederike, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841)
• Wilhelmine Princess of Prussia (1774-1837) m. 1791 Willem I. King of the Netherlands (1772-1843)
• Auguste Princess of Prussia (1780-1841) m. 1797 Wilhelm II. Elector of Hesse (1777-1747)
• Karl Prince of Prussia (1781-1846), Grand Master of the Order of St. John in Prussia
• Wilhelm Pince of Prussia (1783-1851) m. 1804 Marie Anne, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (1785-1846)

Died: Monbijou Palace, Berlin 14. Aug 1805 after suffering a stroke

Buried: Berlin Cathedral

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Karin Feuerstein-Praßer "Die preussischen Königinnen", Munich 2008