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Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt
Tenure	1 December 1687 - 15 November 1705

Born	(1661-11-28)28 November 1661 Ansbach
Died	15 November 1705(1705-11-15) (aged 43) Darmstadt
Burial	City Church, Darmstadt
Spouse	Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (m. 1687)
Issue	Dorothea Sophie Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Charles William Francis Ernest Friederike Charlotte
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Mother	Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen

Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (28 November 1661 – 15 November 1705) was a German noblewomen, and by her marriage to Ernest Louis, Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt. The marriage took place on 1 December 1687.

Life

Dorothea Charlotte was a daughter of the Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667), from his second marriage to Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen.

On 1 December 1687 she married Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was under the guardianship of his mother, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until 1688.

Dorothea Charlotte was a pietist and exerted some influence upon the affairs of state in favour of the pietists in the first years of her marriage. In cooperation with Philipp Jakob Spener, whose patron she became, she promoted pietism at the court and the local University. After her death, Ernest Louis turned against pietism.

She died in 1705 and was buried in the City Church in Darmstadt.