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Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

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Princess Amalie
Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
Born(1774-06-29)29 June 1774
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died3 February 1846(1846-02-03) (aged 71)
Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau
SpouseFrederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
IssueAuguste, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
Prince George Bernhard
Prince Paul Christian
Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
Prince Frederick Augustus
Prince William Waldemar
Names
German: Christiane Amalie
HouseHesse-Homburg
FatherFrederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
MotherPrincess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess and Landgravine Christiane Amalie of Hesse-Homburg,[citation needed] full German name: Christiane Amalie, Landgräfin von Hessen-Homburg[citation needed] (29 June 1774, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire[citation needed] – 3 February 1846, Dessau, Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau[citation needed]) was a member of the House of Hesse-Homburg and a Princess and Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by birth. Through her marriage to Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Amalie was also a member of the House of Ascania and Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau.

Family

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Amalie was the fifth child of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.[citation needed]

Marriage and issue

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Amalie married Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, only surviving child of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Margravine Louise Henriette Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, on 12 June 1792 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, Holy Roman Empire.[citation needed] Amalie and Frederick had seven children:[citation needed]

The poet Friedrich Hölderlin dedicated his 1800 poem Aus stillem Hauße senden - An eine Fürstin von Dessau to the Hereditary Princess.

Ancestry

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