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Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg

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Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Tenure13 April 1793 - 28 April 1807
Born25 August 1771[1]
Homburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
Died20 June 1854 (aged 82)
Rudolstadt, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany
Spouse
IssueCäcilie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Caroline of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Bernhard of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Rudolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Names
Ulrike Louise Caroline[2]
FatherFrederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
MotherCaroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1771–1854) was a Princess regent of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt between 1807 and 1814.[3]

Life

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She was the daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife, Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt. She married in 1791 to Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. They had seven children together.

She was regent of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt during the minority of her son Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Caroline died on 20 June 1854.

Children

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Name Birth Death Notes
Cäcilie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 17 July 1792 4 March 1794 died in infancy
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 6 November 1793 28 June 1867 married 1) Princess Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau, issue 2) Countess Helene of Reina, issue 3) Marie Schultze
Thekla of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 23 February 1795 4 January 1861 married Otto Victor, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg, issue
Caroline of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 7 November 1796 18 December 1796 died in infancy
Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 30 April 1798 26 November 1869 married Princess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels
Bernhard of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 23 June 1801 26 January 1816 died young
Rudolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 23 June 1801 21 July 1808 died in infancy

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins (over 143,000 names) - Person Page 4204". Our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  2. ^ "Karoline Ulrike Louise (1771 - 1854) - Ancestry.com". Records.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  3. ^ Heinrich Schöppl: Die Regenten des Fürstentums Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Rudolstadt 1915