Margravine Philippine Auguste Amalie of Brandenburg-Schwedt was a Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
Portrait by Johann Heinrich Tischbein, c. 1773
Frederick II was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1760 to 1785. He ruled as an enlightened despot, and raised money by renting soldiers to Great Britain to help fight the American Revolutionary War. He
Portrait by Johann Heinrich Tischbein
