Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg
Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg was a Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage to Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.Life
Born in Kassel, she was the eldest of twelve children born from the second marriage of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg with Louise Elisabeth Kettler, Princess of Courland and Semigallia.
In Kassel on 4 November 1694 Charlotte married Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar as his second wife.
After her husband's death in 1707, she received as a Wittum the town of Hardisleben. Her main residence was the Yellow Castle in Weimar, which was built during 1702-1704.
The guardianship of her only surviving child, Johann Ernest, was given to her brother-in-law William Ernest; however, Charlotte devotedly took care of her son during his illness and death aged 18, in 1715.
Charlotte died in Weimar aged 66. She was buried in the Fürstengruft, Weimar.Issue
She had four children:
- Charles Frederick.
- Johann Ernest.
- Marie Louise.
- Christiane Sophie.
