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Engraving of Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel. Bust length with hair in ringlets, pearl earrings and necklace, gown edged in lace, and ermine mantle. Within an oval border bearing Latin inscription, supported by allegorical figures of Prudence and Vigilance, with a crown above and coat of arms below.
When Princess Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg Hohenzollern Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel was born on 14 July 1623, in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, her father, Kurfürst Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg, was 27 and her mother, Countess Elizabeth Charlotte von Wittelsbach, was 25.
Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage a Countess of Schaumburg.
Engraving of a medal of Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel. Obverse, a view of the Landgravines coat of arms with an allegorical design on the reverse. Without titles. Cut down, with printed text on the verso. A plate from Johann Jakob Spießs Brandenburgische historische Münzbelustigungen in welchen seltene Schaustücke, Dukaten, Thaler (1769).
Born in Kassel, he was the son of William V (whom he succeeded) and his wife Amalie Elisabeth, Gräfin of Hanau-Münzenberg (daughter of Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg and his wife Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau ). His mother remained his guardian until he came of age. Despite Hesse-Kassel's defeat in the Thirty Years' War, William ...
Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel (30 June 1569 – 7 July 1644), married on 11 September 1597 to Ernst of Schaumburg; Agnes of Hesse-Kassel (30 June 1569 – 5 September 1569) Sofie of Hesse-Kassel (10 June 1571 – 18 January 1616) Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), succeeded as landgrave on William IV's death in 1592.
Frederick I (1676 –1751) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720 and King of Sweden from 1720. Founder of the Order of the Seraphim and the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Polar Star in 1748. Married firstly Luise Dorothea of Prussia (1680 – 1705) daughter of Frederick I, King in Prussia and secondly ...
