Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754–1832)

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Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754–1832)

Princess of Padua and Baden. Born on June 20, 1754; died on July 21, 1832; daughter of Louis IX, landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Caroline of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld (1721–1774); married Charles Louis of Padua (b. 1755), prince of Padua and Baden, on July 15, 1774; children: Caroline of Baden (1776–1841); Elizabeth of Baden (1779–1826), empress of Russia; Frederica Dorothea of Baden (1781–1826), queen of Sweden; Mary-Elizabeth of Padua (1782–1808); Karl Friedrich (b. 1784); Karl Ludwig also known as Charles Louis (b. 1786); Wilhelmine of Baden (1788–1836).

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