Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel

Wilhelmina of Hesse -Kassel ( born February 25, 1726 Kassel, † October 8, 1808 in Berlin) was a princess of Hesse- Kassel and by marriage Princess of Prussia.

Life

Wilhelmine was a daughter of Prince Maximilian of Hesse -Kassel, a brother of the Landgrave William VIII of Hesse- Kassel and the Swedish king Friedrich. Wilhelmina's mother was Princess Friederike Charlotte (1698-1777), daughter of the Landgrave Ernst Ludwig of Hesse -Darmstadt. The princess has been described as a great beauty with lots of charm.

In 1751, she met her future husband, Prince Henry of Prussia to know on whose Brautfahrt in Kassel. The wedding took place on June 25th place in 1752 in Charlottenburg Palace and the Prince allowed the establishment of a separate royal household. His siblings, he described the situation that he moved to the captivity of the marriage of the captivity of the king. The couple lived alternately at Schloss Rheinberg and in Berlin.

An alleged affair of Princess led in 1766 to the final separation of the childless couple. In fact, her husband had more interest in several male members of his entourage. Wilhelmine lived henceforth the Palais Unter den Linden in Berlin (now Humboldt University ). During the occupation of Berlin by Napoleon in 1806, was the then 80 - year-old princess one of the few members of the royal family, which did not leave Berlin.