Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Charlotte, Countess of Hanau -Lichtenberg, Countess Charlotte Christine Magdalene full name Johanna of Hanau- Lichtenberg ( born 2 May 1700 in Buchsweiler; † July 1, 1726 in Darmstadt) was the wife of the Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse- Darmstadt.

The Heiress

Charlotte was the only surviving child of the last Hanauer Count Johann Reinhard III. , And the Margravine Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg- Ansbach. She was now the sole heiress of the county of Hanau.

Philipp Wolfgang von Hanau -Lichtenberg (* 1595, † 1641) ∞ Joan of Oettingen- Oettingen (* 1602, † 1639 )

Christian I of Birkenfeld - Bischweiler (* 1598, † 1654) ∞ Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken (* 1607, † 1648)

Albrecht II of Brandenburg -Ansbach (* 1620, † 1667) ∞ Sophie Margaret of Oettingen- Oettingen (* 1634, † 1664)

Friedrich VI. of Baden-Durlach (* 1617, † 1677) ∞ Christine Magdalene of Zweibrücken- Kleeburg (* 1616, † 1662)

Johann Reinhard II of Hanau -Lichtenberg (* 1628, † 1666) ∞ Anna Magdalene of Birkenfeld - Bischweiler (* 1640, † 1693)

Johann Friedrich von Brandenburg -Ansbach (* 1654, † 1686) ∞ Johanna Elisabeth of Baden -Durlach (* 1651, † 1680)

Johann Reinhard III. Hanau (* 1665, † 1736) ∞ Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg- Ansbach (* 1676, † 1731)

Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna

For family see main article: Hanau ( noble )

The Marriage

First, the Crown Prince and later Landgrave William VIII of Hesse-Cassel held the hand of Charlotte Christine. This marriage project, which would have the county of Hanau continue united in one hand, but failed due to the confessional difference of William, who reformed and Charlotte Christine, who was Lutheran.

Second candidate was the crown prince and later Landgraf Ludwig VIII of Hesse- Darmstadt, who was Lutheran. They married on April 5, 1717 From this marriage the following children were born. :

Death

Charlotte Christine died on July 1, 1726 in Darmstadt. To her funeral on 11 July 1726 Darmstadt published a number of funeral sermons.

The inheritance

Since Charlotte Christine died before their father, received her son, the future Landgrave Ludwig IX. , The Hanau site. This, however, was limited to the Lichtenberger country part of the county of Hanau, since their Münzenberger part of the country fell to the latter due to an inheritance contract between the county of Hanau and the Hesse- Kassel in 1643. The affiliation of the Office Babenhausen between the two counties land was disputed. It came when Erbantritt almost to an armed conflict, as Hesse -Darmstadt the places Dietzenbach, Schaaf home and Schlierbach, Hesse -Kassel, with the already carefully stationed in Hanau military, occupied the rest of the Office Babenhausen. The dispute was brought before the highest imperial courts only after a protracted litigation. This was in 1771 ended by a settlement, the so-called Partifikationsrezess. Then the places Altheim, Dietz Bach, Harpertshausen, Schaaf home and Schlierbach fell to Hesse- Darmstadt. The Hesse- Darmstadt merged these places a hold office Schaaf home.