Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
Charlotte in 1650, by the Atelier of the Beaubrun Brothers
Electress Palatine
Tenure22 February 1650 – 14 April 1657
Born(1627-11-20)20 November 1627
Kassel, Germany
Died26 March 1686(1686-03-26) (aged 58)
Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg, Germany
Spouse
(m. 1650; div. 1657)
Issue
HouseHesse-Kassel
FatherWilliam V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
MotherAmalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
ReligionCalvinism

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.