Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
Charlotte Amalie with a court dwarf, by Jacques d'Agar, c. 1690
Queen consort of Denmark and Norway
Tenure9 February 1670 – 25 August 1699
Born(1650-04-27)27 April 1650
Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Died27 March 1714(1714-03-27) (aged 63)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1667; died 1699)
Issue
among others...
HouseHesse-Kassel
FatherWilliam VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
MotherHedwig Sophia of Brandenburg

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (27 April 1650 – 27 March 1714) was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian V. Although she did not have much political influence, she was a successful businesswoman in her many estates and protected foreign Protestant non-Lutherans from oppression. She gained popularity for defending Copenhagen from Swedish forces in 1700. The city of Charlotte Amalie was named after her in 1691.[1]

  1. ^ Fodor's 2013 Caribbean. New York: Fodor's Travel Publications. 2012. ISBN 978-0-307-92934-1. OCLC 769428814.