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
Tenure	9 February 1670 – 25 August 1699
Born	(1650-04-27)27 April 1650 Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Died	27 March 1714(1714-03-27) (aged 63) Copenhagen, Denmark
Burial	Roskilde Cathedral
Spouse	Christian V of Denmark ​ ​ (m. 1667; died 1699)​
Issue among others...	Frederick IV Prince Christian Princess Sophia Hedwig Prince Charles Prince William
House	Hesse-Kassel
Father	William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Hedwig 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]