Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway
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Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (Danish: Vilhelmine Caroline, German: Wilhelmine Karoline), born July 10, 1747 in Copenhagen, died January 14, 1820 in Kassel, was the Electress of Hesse-Kassel.
She was one of the daughters of King Frederick V of Denmark (1723-1766), and his first wife Louise (1724-1751), daughter of King George II of Great Britain.
In 1764 she married Prince William of Hesse, Count of Hanau, one of the wealthiest rulers of the period. William succeeded in 1785 as Landgrave William IX of Hesse and in 1803 was raised to the rank of Elector of Hesse-Kassel as William I.
She spent the duration of the Kingdom of Westphalia (1806-1813) in exile, among other places in Schleswig and in Prague.
[edit] Children
- Maria Frederica (1768-1839), princess of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Caroline Amalie (1771-1848), duchess of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg
- Frederick (1772-1784)
- William II (1777–1847)
