Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg

Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Caroline of Hesse-Homburg

Princess consort of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Tenure

13 April 1793 - 28 April 1807

Born

25 August 1771^[1]
Homburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany

Died

20 June 1854 (aged 82)
Rudolstadt, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

Spouse

Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Issue

Cäcilie 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]

Father

Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Mother

Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

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

Life

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

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

Ancestors of Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg

16. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

8. Landgrave Casimir Wilhelm of Hesse-Homburg

17. Princess Luise Elisabeth of Kurland

4. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

18. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels

9. Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels

19. Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg

2. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

20. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels (= 18)

10. Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

21. Madeleine Sophie of Hesse-Homburg (=19)

5. Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels

22. Karl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach-Utphe and Tecklenburg

11. Sophie Magdalene Benigna of Solms-Laubach-Utphe

23. Countess Louise of Schönburg-Waldenburg

1. Caroline of Hesse-Homburg

24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

25. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

26. Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg

13. Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau

27. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach

3. Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

28. Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

29. Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein

7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

15. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe

References

^ "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.
^ "Karoline Ulrike Louise (1771 - 1854) - Ancestry.com". Records.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
^ Heinrich Schöppl: Die Regenten des Fürstentums Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Rudolstadt 1915