Karoline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

July 11, 1723 (age 59)

Darmstadt, Darmstadt Government Region, Germany

She is described as learned, spoke five languages, corresponded with Voltaire and made Karlsruhe to a cultural centre in Germany where she counted Johann Gottfried von Herder, Johann Caspar Lavater, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Christoph Willibald Gluck and Christoph Martin Wieland among her guests. Carl von Linné named Glückskastanie Carolinea Princeps L. after her, and Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser was hired to gather plants for her. She supported herself and managed a soapand candle-factory. Her collections were the foundation of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (February 14, 1755 – December 16, 1801). Charles Louis"s son, Charles Louis Frederick, succeeded Charles Frederick as Grand Duke upon the latter"s death in 1811. Frederick (August 29, 1756 – May 28, 1817) married on December 9, 1791 Louise of Nassau-Usingen (August 16, 1776 – February 19, 1829), the daughter of Duke Frederick of Nassau-Usingen Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (February 9, 1763 – March 30, 1830) married Countess Katharina Werner von Langenstein in 1818. Son (July 29, 1764 – July 29, 1764) Louise Auguste (January 8, 1767 – January 11, 1767) Titles and styles 11 July 1723 – 28 January 1751 Her Serene Highness Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 28 January 1751 – 21 October 1771 Her Serene Highness The Margravine of Baden-Durlach 21 October 1771 – 8 April 1783 Her Serene Highness The Margravine of Baden.

Karoline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Edit Profile

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Background

The daughter of Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt and Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau, she married on January 28, 1751 to Charles Frederick, Margrave of Baden.

Career

She is described as learned, spoke five languages, corresponded with Voltaire and made Karlsruhe to a cultural centre in Germany where she counted Johann Gottfried von Herder, Johann Caspar Lavater, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Christoph Willibald Gluck and Christoph Martin Wieland among her guests. Carl von Linné named Glückskastanie Carolinea Princeps L. after her, and Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser was hired to gather plants for her. She supported herself and managed a soapand candle-factory.

Her collections were the foundation of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe.

Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (February 14, 1755 – December 16, 1801). Charles Louis"s son, Charles Louis Frederick, succeeded Charles Frederick as Grand Duke upon the latter"s death in 1811.

Frederick (August 29, 1756 – May 28, 1817) married on December 9, 1791 Louise of Nassau-Usingen (August 16, 1776 – February 19, 1829), the daughter of Duke Frederick of Nassau-Usingen

Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (February 9, 1763 – March 30, 1830) married Countess Katharina Werner von Langenstein in 1818. Son (July 29, 1764 – July 29, 1764)

Louise Auguste (January 8, 1767 – January 11, 1767)

Titles and styles

11 July 1723 – 28 January 1751 Her Serene Highness Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

28 January 1751 – 21 October 1771 Her Serene Highness The Margravine of Baden-Durlach

21 October 1771 – 8 April 1783 Her Serene Highness The Margravine of Baden.

Membership

She was a member of Markgräflich Baden court orchestra and the Danish Academy of Fine Arts, draw, painted in water colours and had a laboratory set up in the Karlsruhe palace.

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