Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

Caroline of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (Caroline Henriette Christiane Philippine Louise; 9 March 1721 – 30 March 1774) was Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by marriage to Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was famed as one of the most learned women of her time and known as The Great Landgräfin.

Caroline of Zweibrücken
Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt
Tenure17 October 1768 – 30 March 1774
Born9 March 1721
Strasbourg
Died30 March 1774 (aged 53)
Darmstadt
Spouse
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
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(m. 1741)​
Issue
  • Caroline, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
  • Frederika Louisa, Queen of Prussia
  • Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
  • Amelie, Hereditary Princess of Baden
  • Wilhelmina Louisa, Tsarevna of Russia
  • Luise, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  • Landgrave Frederick
  • Landgrave Christian
HousePalatinate-Zweibrücken
FatherChristian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
MotherCaroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
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