Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
| Sophie of Hesse-Kassel | |
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| Spouse(s) | Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Noble family | House of Hesse-Kassel |
| Father | Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
| Mother | Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg |
| Born | 12 September 1615 Kassel |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bückeburg |
Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (12 September 1615, in Kassel - 22 November 1670, in Bückeburg) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage Countess of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Life
Sophie was a daughter of Count Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572–1632) from his marriage to Juliane (1587–1643), daughter of Count John of Nassau-Dillenburg.
She married on 12 October 1640 in Hagen Count Philip I of Schaumburg-Lippe (1601–1681). Through his marriage Philip secured the renewed investiture of the districts Rodenberg, Hagenburg and Arensburg, which was conditional on his county being under the auspices of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Kassel.
Descendants
From her marriage with Philip, Sophie had the following children:
- Elizabeth (1646-1646)
- Sophie Eleonore (1648–1671)
- Johanna Dorothea (1649–1695)
- married in 1664 (divorced in 1678) Count John Adolph of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1637-1704)
- Hedwig Louise (1650–1731)
- married in 1676 Duke August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1652-1689)
- Bernard William (1651-1651)
- Philippine Elisabeth (1652–1703)
- married in 1676, Count Philipp Christoph of Breunner to Asparn (d. 1708)
- Frederick Christian (1655–1728), Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
- married firstly in 1691 (divorced in 1725) Countess Johanna Sophie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1673-1743)
- married secondly in 1725 Anna Maria von Gall (1707-1760)
- Charles Herman (1656–1657)
- Charlotte Juliane (1657–1684)
- married in 1676 Count John Heinrich of Kuefstein (1643-1687)
- Philip Ernest (1659–1723), Count of Lippe-Alverdissen
- married in 1686 princess Dorothea Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1656-1739)
References and sources
- Franz Carl Theodor Piderit: Geschichte der Grafschaft Schaumburg und der wichtigsten Orte in derselben, p. 141
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Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
Born: 12 September 1615 Died: 22 November 1670 |
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| New title | Countess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe 1644-1670 |
Succeeded by Johanna Sophia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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