Maria Amalia of Courland

Princess Maria Amalia of Courland was a Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel by her marriage to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. She was a daughter of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. Her eldest son was King Frederick I of Sweden. One of her daughters was the most recent common ancestor of all the currently reigning monarchs of Europe from 1939 to 1941 and 1943 to 2022.

12 June 1653

Born on the same birth day (12 June): Antawn Jamison • Chick Corea • Desmond Piers • Flávio Conceição • John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey • Michael Fabricant • Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex • Zsolt Daczi

Born in the same month (June 1653): Georg Muffat • James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon • Muhammad Azam Shah