Background
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.
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.
The marriage took place on 1 December 1687. He was under the guardianship of his mother, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until 1688. She died in 1705 and was buried in the City Church in Darmstadt.
Her children were:
Dorothea Sophie (1689–1723)
married in 1710 Count John Frederick of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1683-1765)
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768)
married in 1717 Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726)
Charles William (1693–1707)
Francis Ernest (1695–1717)
Friederike Charlotte
married in 1720 Landgrave Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (1689–1753).