Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Born	28 November 1661; Ansbach
Died	15 November 1705 (aged 43); Darmstadt
Burial	City Church, Darmstadt
Spouse	Ernest Louis
Issue	Dorothea Sophie; Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; Charles William; Francis Ernest; Friederike Charlotte
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother	Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen

Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (28 November 1661 – 15 November 1705) was a German noblewomen, and by her marriage to Ernest Louis, Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt. The marriage took place on 1 December 1687.

Life

Dorothea Charlotte was a daughter of the Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667), from his second marriage to Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen.

On 1 December 1687 she married Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was under the guardianship of his mother, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until 1688.

Dorothea Charlotte was a pietist and exerted some influence upon the affairs of state in favour of the pietists in the first years of her marriage. In cooperation with Philipp Jakob Spener, whose patron she became, she promoted pietism at the court and the local University. After her death, Ernest Louis turned against pietism.

She died in 1705 and was buried in the City Church in Darmstadt.

Issue

Her children were:

Dorothea Sophie (1689–1723)

married in 1710 Count John Frederick of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1683–1765)

Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768)

married in 1717 Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726)

Charles William (1693–1707)
Francis Ernest (1695–1717)
Friederike Charlotte

married in 1720 Landgrave Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (1689–1753)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

8. John George, Elector of Brandenburg

4. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

9. Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

2. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

10. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach

5. Sophie of Solms-Laubach

11. Margarethe of Schönburg-Glauchau

1. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

12.Louis Eberhard, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen

6. Joachim Ernst of Oettingen-Oettingen

13. Margaret of Erbach

3. Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen

14. Henry William I, Count of Solms-Sonnewalde

7. Anna Sibylle of Solms-Sonnewalde

15. Sophia Dorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein

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References

Gustav A Benrath, Martin Brecht: Pietism and the Modern Era, vol 13, Oxford University Press, p. 191 ff
Martin Brecht: The Romantic, p. 412
Heinrich Zehfu: antiquity of the royal capital Darmstadt, p. 69 ff

Vacant Title last held by Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg	Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt 1687–1705	Vacant Title next held by Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

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