According to her Wikipedia article, "...During her marriage, Philippine led a widely independent life, even setting up her own court. In 1777, she gave birth to an illegitimate son, by the statesman Georg Ernst Levin von Wintzingerode. She also helped reconcile her husband with his children from his first marriage, from whom he had been estranged since 1754..."
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
Maria Francisca Pignatelli and Gonzaga, Duchess of Medinaceli by Anton Raphael Mengs (location unknown to gogm)
Philippine Amalie, Countess of Hessen-Kassel by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (location unknown to gogm)
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