by Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2018
Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt; Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Credit – Wikipedia
Charlotte Wilhelmine Christiane Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt was the second wife of the future Grand Duke Carl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was born in Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, now in Hesse, Germany, on November 5, 1755, the second daughter of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt and Countess Maria Luise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg. Charlotte had eight siblings:
- Ludwig Georg (1749-1823) – married Friederike Schmidt (morganatic), no issue
- Georg Friedrich (born and died 1750) – died in infancy
- Friederike (1752-1832) – married Grand Duke Carl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, had issue
- Georg Karl (1754-1830) – unmarried
- Karl Wilhelm Georg (1757-1797) – unmarried
- Friedrich Georg August (1759-1808) – married Karoline Luise Seitz (morganatic), had issue
- Luise Henriette Karoline (1761-1829) – married Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, had issue
- Auguste Wilhelmine (1765-1796) – married the future King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, had issue
Carl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Credit – Wikipedia
After a brief engagement to the future Duke Wilhelm of Oldenburg ended due to his mental illness, Charlotte married the future Grand Duke Carl II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Darmstadt on September 28, 1784. Carl had previously been married to her older sister, Friederike, who had died after giving birth to her tenth child two years earlier. Charlotte and Carl had one son:
- Carl (1785 -1837) – unmarried
Twelve days after giving birth to her son, Charlotte died of complications from childbirth in Hanover, Electorate of Hanover, now in Lower Saxony, Germany. She was buried in the New Crypt of the Johanniterkirche in Mirow, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, now in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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