Karoline von Schlotheim

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

Karoline von Schlotheim in 1788 by Wilhelm Böttner.

Life

She was the daughter of Heinrich Christian Wilhelm von Schlotheim and Friederike Most aus Wilhelmstal. She was kidnapped by William I of Hesse, who made her his mistress, replacing Rosa Dorothea Ritter. In 1788, he made her Countess of Schlotheim and in 1793, he built the Löwenstein Castle 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)

Notes
  1. Karl Eduard Vehse: Geschichte der deutschen Höfe seit der Reformation. 4. Abteilung, Fünfter Teil. Hamburg, 1853 S. 265.
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