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Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel. Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (20 November 1627 – 26 March 1686), was a German princess of the House of Hesse-Kassel and by marriage Electress Palatine during 1650–1657 as the first wife of Charles I Louis, although the validity of the divorce was disputed.
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, also known as the Hessian Palatinate (German: Hessische Pfalz), was a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
Her parents were William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg. Her mother was a religiously strict adherent of the Reformed Church and politically oriented toward Brandenburg, both views which were to be shared by her daughter.
Brief Life History of Charlotte. When Charlotte von Hessen-Kassel was born on 20 November 1627, in Kassel, Biebergemünd, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, her father, Landgraf Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel V, was 25 and her mother, Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Munzenberg, was 25.
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Charlotte Kurfürstin von der Pfalz von Hessen-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel) (20 Nov 1627 - 26 Mar 1686)
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Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (20 November 1627 – 26 March 1686), was a German princess of the House of Hesse-Kassel and by marriage Electress Palatine during 1650–1657 as the first wife of Charles I Louis, although the validity of the divorce was disputed.
