Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (2 March 1746, Buchsweiler – 18 September 1821, Homburg) was Landgravine consort of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Early life Caroline was born on 2 March 1746 in Buchsweiler. She was the eldest daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Marriage She married Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg on 27 September 1768. The marriage was contracted for diplomatic and political reasons as the symbol of an inheritance dispute between their respective families. Caroline and Frederick V produced many children but their marriage never developed into a personal relationship, and they lived mostly separated lives. Caroline often spent time in her villa in the forest near Homburg. Issue Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769–1829), married Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840) Louis William (1770–1839), married Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen (1778–1846), divorced in 1805 Caroline (1771–1854), married Prince Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767–1807) Louise Ulrike (1772–1854), married Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1771–1825) Amalie (1774–1846), married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769–1814) Auguste (1776–1871), married Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819) Philip (1779–1846), married Rosalie Antonie, Countess of Naumburg, Baroness Schimmelpenninck von der Oye, née Pototschnig (1806–1845) Gustav (1781–1848), married Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1798–1858) Ferdinand (1783–1866), the last Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Maria Anna (1785–1846) married Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851) Leopold (1787–1813), fell in the Battle of Großgörschen