Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg; also known as Princess George, was heiress to the barony of Broich and by marriage Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Background
Maria Louise Albertine was a daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (1695–1766) and his wife Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim (1702–1765). After the death of her father, she was heiress to the barony of Broich and began with the architect Nicolas de Pigage, the restoration and expansion of the Broich Castle.
Career
She was the grandmother and educator of Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who later became Queen consort of Prussia. In 1806, the government of Broich was dissolved by Napoleon in 1815 and Broich was annexed by Prussia. They both died in childbirth.
Princess George was a widow since 1782 and took over the education and care of Charles"s children.
Charlotte did not move with her father to Darmstadt. At the age of 16, she had been married the Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
She employed regional educational methods. In 1790 she traveled with Louise, Frederica and George to Frankfurt to see the coronation of Emperor Leopold World War II She stayed here with Catharina Elisabeth Goethe.
In 1791, she joined an educational trip to the Netherlands.
In 1793 she accompanied Louise and Frederica to their wedding in Berlin. Maria Louise was described as a magnificent person, warm hearted, cheerful all the time and usually speaking the Palatinate dialect.