 Rinaldo wanted to encourage relations between Modena and Brunswick, whose ruling house was the House of Hanover.The marriage was celebrated splendidly despite financial problems in Modena; the artist Marcantonio Franceschini was commissioned to paint a room, the "Salone d'onore" at the ducal palace in honour of the marriage.Charlotte died at the Ducal Palace of Modena after giving birth to a daughter in September 1710.