Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg
| Landgravine Amalie | |||||
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| Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau | |||||
| Born |
29 June 1774 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire |
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| Died | 3 February 1846 (aged 71) Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau |
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| Spouse | Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
| Issue |
Auguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt Prince George Bernhard Prince Paul Christian Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg Prince Frederick Augustus Prince William Waldemar |
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| House |
House of Hesse-Homburg (by birth) House of Ascania (by marriage) |
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| Father | Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | ||||
| Mother | Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt | ||||
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| German: Christiane Amalie |
Landgravine Christiane Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, full German name: Christiane Amalie, Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg (29 June 1774, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire – 3 February 1846, Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau) was a member of the House of Hesse-Homburg and a Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth. Through her marriage to Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Amalie was also a member of the House of Ascania and Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau.
Amalie was the fifth child of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Amalie married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, only surviving child of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Margravine Louise Henriette Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, on 12 June 1792 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire. Amalie and Frederick had seven children:
The poet Friedrich Hölderlin dedicated his 1800 poem Aus stillem Hauße senden - An eine Fürstin von Dessau to the Hereditary Princess.
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