Marriage and Issue
On 30 August 1766 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Charles married Princess Louise of Denmark, his first cousin, the youngest daughter of his aunt, Princess Louise of Great Britain, and King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway, who died the same year. The couple had the following children:
- Marie Sophie, Princess of Hesse (20 October 1767 – 21 March 1852), married on 31 July 1790 her first cousin the future King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway
- Wilhelm, Prince of Hesse (15 January 1769 – 14 July 1772)
- Prince Frederik of Hesse (24 May 1771 – 24 February 1845), a general, married only morganatically Klara von Brockdorff. He was a Danish general and royal governor.
- Juliane, Princess of Hesse (19 January 1773 – 11 March 1860), Protestant Abbess of Itzehoe
- Prince Christian of Hesse (14 August 1776 – 14 November 1814)
- Louise Caroline, Princess of Hesse (28 September 1789 – 13 March 1867), married on 28 January 1810 Wilhelm, Duke of Glücksburg
Princess Louise died at Gottorp Castle on January 12, 1831. Prince Charles died on 17 August 1836 in the castle of Louisenlund in Güby, Schleswig.
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