Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Margravine Philippine Auguste Amalie of Brandenburg-Schwedt (10 October 1745 – 1 May 1800) was a Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

Life Philippine was one of five children born to Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia. Her siblings included Friederike Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg and Elisabeth Louise, Princess of Prussia.

Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel Philippine was very early on chosen by her aunt, Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden, as the future queen of Sweden; her mother was the queen's favourite, and Louisa Ulrika wished Philippine to marry her son, Gustav (later Gustav III of Sweden). These plans were broken however when Gustav was married to Sophia Magdalena of Denmark in 1766. Louisa Ulrika then wanted Philippine to marry her younger son, Charles, but instead, Gustav decided that his brother should marry Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp. boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; 1= 1. Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt 2= 2. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt 3= 3. Sophia Dorothea of Prussia 4= 4. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt 5= 5. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau 6= 6. Frederick William I of Prussia 7= 7. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 8= 8. Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg 9= 9. Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 10= 10. John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau 11= 11. Henriette Catherine of Nassau 12= 12. Frederick I of Prussia 13= 13. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover 14= 14. George I of Great Britain 15= 15. Sophia Dorothea of Celle