Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (28 November 1661 – 15 November 1705) was a German noblewomen, and by her marriage to Ernest Louis, Landgravine consort of

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. The marriage took place on 1 December 1687.

Life

Dorothea Charlotte was a daughter of the Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667), from his second marriage to Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen. On 1 December 1687 she married

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Ernst Ludwig) (15 December 1667 – 12 September 1739) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His parents were Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Alte ...

. He was under the guardianship of his mother, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until 1688. Dorothea Charlotte was a

pietist Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life, including a social concern for ...

and exerted some influence upon the affairs of state in favour of the pietists in the first years of her marriage. In cooperation with

Philipp Jakob Spener Philipp Jakob Spener (23 January 1635 – 5 February 1705), was a German Lutheran theologian who essentially founded what would become to be known as Pietism. He was later dubbed the "Father of Pietism". A prolific writer, his two main works, ' ...

, whose patron she became, she promoted pietism at the court and the local University. After her death, Ernest Louis turned against pietism. She died in 1705 and was buried in the City Church in

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Hesse ...

Issue

Her children were: * Dorothea Sophie (1689–1723) : married in 1710 Count John Frederick of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1683–1765) *

Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis VIII (German: ''Ludwig'') (5 April 1691 – 17 October 1768) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1739 to 1768. He was the son of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Li ...

(1691–1768) : married in 1717 Countess

Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, full name: ''Countess Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg'' (2 May 1700, Bouxwiller – 1 July 1726, Darmstadt) was the wife of landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt. Biogra ...

(1700–1726) * Charles William (1693–1707) * Francis Ernest (1695–1717) * Friederike Charlotte : married in 1720 Landgrave Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (1689–1753)

Ancestry

References

* Gustav A Benrath, Martin Brecht: ''Pietism and the Modern Era'', vol 13, Oxford University Press, p. 191 ff
Martin Brecht: ''The Romantic''
p. 412
Heinrich Zehfu: ''antiquity of the royal capital Darmstadt''
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