Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
	Charlotte in 1650, by the Atelier of the Beaubrun Brothers
Electress Palatine
Tenure	22 February 1650 – 14 April 1657
Born	20 November 1627; Kassel, Germany
Died	26 March 1686 (aged 58); Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg, Germany
Spouse	Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (m. 1650; div. 1657)
Issue	Charles II, Elector Palatine; Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans;
House	Hesse-Kassel
Father	William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
Religion	Calvinism

Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (20 November 1627 – 26 March 1686), was a German princess of the House of Hesse-Kassel and by marriage Electress Palatine during 1650–1657 as the first wife of Charles I Louis, although the validity of the divorce was disputed. Through her daughter Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans, she was the direct ancestress of House of Orléans and the Houses of Habsburg-Lorraine and Habsburg-Este.