Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt
| Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt | |||||
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| Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel | |||||
State portrait of Philippine c.1773.
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| Born |
10 October 1745 Schwedt |
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| Died | 1 May 1800 (aged 54) Berlin |
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| Spouse | Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel | ||||
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| House | Brandenburg-Schwedt | ||||
| Father | Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt | ||||
| Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Prussia | ||||
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| German: Philippine Auguste Amalie |
Margravine Philippine Auguste Amalie of Brandenburg-Schwedt (10 October 1745 – 1 May 1800) was a Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel.
Philippine was one of five children born to Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her siblings included Friederike Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg and Elisabeth Louise, Princess of Prussia.
Philippine was very early on chosen by her aunt, Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden, as the future queen of Sweden; her mother was the queen's favourite, and Louisa Ulrika wished Philippine to marry her son, Gustav (later Gustav III of Sweden). These plans were broken however when Gustav was married to Sophia Magdalena of Denmark in 1766. Louisa Ulrika then wanted Philippine to marry her younger son, Charles, but instead, Gustav decided that his brother should marry Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp.
On 10 January 1773, Philippine married Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, who was 25 years older, in Berlin. She was his second wife; his first wife, Princess Mary of Great Britain, died the previous year. Philippine thus became stepmother to Frederick's three surviving sons: William, Charles, and Frederick. Philippine would not produce any legitimate children herself however.
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