Princess Charlotte of Denmark

For other people of the same name, see Louise of Denmark (disambiguation).

Charlotte of Denmark
Princess William of Hesse-Kassel
Portrait by August Schiøtt, c. 1830-39
Born	(1789-10-30)30 October 1789 Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
Died	Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
Spouse	Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
Issue	Caroline Frederica Marie Luise Charlotte Louise, Queen of Denmark Frederick Auguste Sophie Sophie Wilhelmine
House	Oldenburg
Father	Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway
Mother	Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (Danish: Charlotte af Danmark; 30 October 1789 – 28 March 1864) was born in Christiansborg Palace to Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Marriage

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1789

On 10 November 1810 in Amalienborg Palace she married Prince William of Hesse-Kassel.

They were parents to:

• Karoline Friederike Marie of Hesse-Kassel (15 August 1811 – 10 May 1829).
• Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895). Married Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau.
• Louise of Hesse-Kassel (7 September 1817 – 29 September 1898). Married Christian IX of Denmark.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Adolf, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (26 November 1820 – 14 October 1864). Married, first, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, a daughter of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. She died soon after their marriage. He married, second, Princess Anna of Prussia.
• Auguste Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel (30 October 1823 – 17 July 1899. Married Baron Charles Frederick von Blixen-Finecke.
• Sophie Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (18 January – 20 December 1827).

Life

Princess Charlotte was described as a wise, practical and thrifty, and kept the finances of her household under strict control. She had some interest in art and poetry, and reportedly felt herself to be a Danish patriot. She supported the solution that her branch of the family should succeeded to the throne, and because of this, she opposed the Schleswig-Holstein matter. Her spouse was in Danish service from his youth, and the family lived in Denmark.

During the reign of her brother Christian VIII of Denmark (r. 1839-1848), she had an important position at the Danish royal court in Copenhagen because her brother favored that her line of the family should succeed to the throne after the male line had died out.

In 1848, her brother died and was succeeded by his childless son. In 1850, the Danish government was influenced by the demand of the Empire of Russia to discontinue its support of her line of the family in the succession order in favor of the Duke of Oldenburg, her son-in-law. Christian of Oldenburg had displayed an anti-Danish sentiment during the recent war, and when gehejmeråd F.C. Dankwart, on behalf of the government, issued negotiations with her that she should renounce her and her sons right to the throne in favor of her son-in-law, she replied: "It is impossible: the Danish people would under no circumstance accept as King a Prince from a house who has made war against Denmark, and who is so hostile toward us". In exchange, she demanded that the House of Oldenburg purchased the Duchy of Hesse and name if Kingdom, so that her son Frederick could "Switch one Kingdom for another". After having been persuaded that her terms was impossible and that Christian of Oldenburg in fact had good support for his claim, she agreed to renounce her and her sons claims to the throne.

On 18 July 1851, she and her son Frederick renounced their claim to the Danish throne in favour of her daughter Louise, who in turn renounced it in favour of her spouse.

Louise Charlotte is the matrilineal great-grandmother of Nicholas II of Russia, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and George V.

She died in Christiansborg Palace.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Charlotte of Denmark

16. Frederick IV of Denmark               8. Christian VI of Denmark                       17. Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow               4. Frederick V of Denmark                             18. Margrave Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach               9. Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach                       19. Countess Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein               2. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark and Norway                                   20. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               10. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       21. Landgravine Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege               5. Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                             22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               11. Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                       23. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen               1. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark                                         24. Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow               12. Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg                       25. Landgravine Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg               6. Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                             26. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz               13. Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz                       27. Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Gustrow               3. Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin                                   28. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld               14. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld                       29. Countess Charlotte Johanne of Waldeck-Pyrmont               7. Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld                             30. Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt               15. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt                       31. Princess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

References

• Dansk biografisk Lexikon / III. Bind. Brandt - Clavus (in Danish)
• Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 1933–44