Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel

Names
	German: Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine

Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine
Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine
Countess/Duchess of Oldenburg
	by Johann Valentin Tischbein
Born	31 October 1722; Kassel
Died	28 February 1787 (aged 64); Eutin
Spouse	Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg
Issue	Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg; Princess Luise; Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte, Queen of Sweden and Norway
Names
Names
	German: Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine
House	Hesse-Kassel
Father	Landgrave Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Landgravine Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (German: Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel (31 October 1722, Kassel; 28 February 1787, Eutin) was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth, and of the House of Holstein-Gottorp through her marriage to Frederick Augustus I, Duke of Oldenburg. Ulrike was the Duchess consort of Oldenburg from 1774 until her husband's death on 6 July 1785.

Marriage and issue

Ulrike married Prince Frederick Augustus of Holstein-Gottorp, son of Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Margravine Albertine Friederike of Baden-Durlach,^{[citation needed]} on 21 November 1752 in Kassel.^{[citation needed]} Ulrike and Frederick Augustus had three children:^{[citation needed]}

Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (born 3 January 1754)^{[citation needed]}
Luise of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (born 2 October 1756, died 1759)^{[citation needed]}
Hedwig Sophie Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg (born 22 March 1759)^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel^[1]

8. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

4. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

9. Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg

2. Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel

10. Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland

5. Maria Amalia of Courland

11. Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg

1. Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel

12. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

6. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

13. Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

3. Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt

14. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

7. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

15. Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen

References

^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 59.

Royal titles
Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel House of Hesse-Kassel Cadet branch of the House of Hesse Born: 31 October 1722 Died: 28 February 1787
Preceded by Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt	Countess consort of Oldenburg 1773	Succeeded by None; County elevated to Duchy
Preceded by None (new creation)	Duchess consort of Oldenburg 1774-1785	Succeeded by Cecilia of Sweden as Grand duchess

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[1] Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 59.

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