Karoline von Schlotheim

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Karoline von Schlotheim in 1788 by .

Karoline von Schlotheim (1766-1847), was a German woman who was the royal mistress of William I, Elector of Hesse from 1788 until 1811.

Life[]

She was the daughter of and . She was kidnapped by William I of Hesse, who made her his mistress, replacing Rosa Dorothea Ritter. In 1788, he made her and in 1793, he built the for her. He asked her advice in matters of state affairs, and she had influence upon the development of the state.^[1] In 1807, she followed him in exile. In 1811, he made her countess von Hessenstien.

Issue[]

With William I, Elector of Hesse, she had the children:

• Wilhelm Friedrich of Hessenstein (1789–1790)
• Wilhelm Karl of Hessenstein (1790–1867)
• Ferdinand of Hessenstein (1791–1794)
• Karoline of Hessenstein (1792–1797)
• Auguste of Hessenstein (1793–1795)
• Ludwig Karl of Hessenstein (1794–1857)
• Friederike of Hessenstein (1795–1855)
• Wilhelm Ludwig (1800–1836)
• Friedrich Ludwig (1803–1805)
• Karoline of Hessenstein (1804–1891)
• stillborn son (1805)
• stillborn daughter (1806)
• stillborn son (1807)

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