Louise Charlotte | |
Succession: | Princess Consort of Anhalt-Köthen |
Reign: | 26 July 1763 – 17 October 1789 |
Spouse: | Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen |
Issue: | Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen Louis of Anhalt-Köthen |
House: | Glücksburg (by birth) Ascania (by marriage) |
Father: | Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
Mother: | Henriette Augusta of Lippe-Detmold |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1749 |
Birth Place: | Glücksburg Castle Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein |
Death Place: | Köthen, Anhalt-Köthen Confederation of the Rhine |
Louise Charlotte Friederike, Princess of Anhalt-Köthen (née Princess Louise Charlotte Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; 5 March 1749 – 30 March 1812) was a member of the Danish royal family and the consort of Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.
Princess Louise Charlotte Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was born on 5 March 1749 at Glücksburg Castle. Her father was Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Her mother, Henriette Augusta of Lippe-Detmold, was a daughter of Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold. Louise Charlotte was a Danish princess by birth, as a male-line descendant of Christian III of Denmark.
On 26 July 1763 she married Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, becoming the Princess Consort of Anhalt-Köthen. They had six children:[1]
On 29 January 1764 she was a recipient of the Ordre de l'Union Parfaite.
Louise Charlotte died on 30 March 1812 in Köthen.[2]