Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Wanfried
Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Wanfried (8 March 1679 in Wanfried – 18 February 1722 in Paris) was a Princess consort of Transylvania as the wife of Francis II Rákóczi.
Early life[edit]
Born into an ancient House of Hesse, Charlotte Amalie was the eldest daughter of Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried, ruler of Hesse-Wanfried by his second wife, Countess Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1651-1703).[1][2][3]
Personal life[edit]
On 26 September 1694 in Cologne, she married Francis II Rákóczi, member of the powerful House of Rákóczi, who later ruled as Prince of Transylvania. They had:
- Lipót Lajos György Rákóczi (1696-1699)
- József Rákóczi, Duke of Munkács (1700-1738), never married but had an illegitimate daughter:
- György Rákóczi, Duke of Makovica (1701-1752), married firstly Marquise de Béthune and had one son; married secondly Margarete Suzanne Pinthereau de Bois I’Isle (1702-1768).
- György Rákóczi(1740-1743)
- Sárolta Rákóczi (1706-1706)[4]
Life in exile and death[edit]
After her husband was deposed, the family lived in exile, in Paris, France, where Charlotte Amalie died on 18 February 1722.
References[edit]
- ^ Strauss, Reinhold (1908). Chronik der Stadt Wanfried (in German). Braun. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Vehse, Carl Eduard (1853). Geschichte der deutschen höfe seit der reformation (in German). Hoffmann und Campe. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Klipp, Anton (2013). Die Rákóczi (in German). Stuttgart: Carpathian Yearbook 2014. p. 63ff. ISBN 978-80-89264-85-8.
- ^ http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/rakoczi3.html#F2
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