Karoline von Schlotheim

Karoline von Schlotheim (6 July 1766 - 7 January 1847) was a German noblewoman who was the third and final mistress of William I, Elector of Hesse from 1788 until 1811.

In 1788, she was kidnapped against her will by William I, Elector of Hesse, who made her his mistress, replacing Rosa Dorothea Ritter.

On 14 May 1788, William made Karoline Countess of Schlotheim, after which she used the salutation "high and well-born", and built the Löwenstein Castle for her in 1793.

[1] In 1807, she followed her de facto husband into exile and lived with him in Itzehoe, where she gave birth to their last child.

With William I, Elector of Hesse, Karoline had 13 children, only five of whom lived to adulthood:

Karoline von Schlotheim in 1788 by Wilhelm Böttner .