Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel | |
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Electress Palatine | |
Tenure | 22 February 1650 – 14 April 1657 |
Born | Kassel, Germany | 20 November 1627
Died | 26 March 1686 Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg, Germany | (aged 58)
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House | Hesse-Kassel |
Father | William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
Mother | Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg |
Religion | Calvinism |
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. Through her daughter Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans, she was the direct ancestress of House of Orléans and the Houses of Habsburg-Lorraine and Habsburg-Este.