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Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (24 December 1787 – 5 September 1867) was the first son of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen. He was titular Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel-(Rumpenheim) and for many years heir presumptive to the throne of Hesse-Kassel.
William I, Elector of Hesse (German: Wilhelm I., Kurfürst von Hessen; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.
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Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel was born in Copenhagen on 26 November 1820. He moved to Denmark with his family at the age of three, and grew up there. He attended the university in Bonn, and then began a military career. In 1843 he was third in line for the Danish throne after the King's son and brother, Prince Ferdinand.His siblings incl...
His first wife was Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825–1844), daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia.Alexandra died in childbirth, delivering a son who was born three months prematurely, and who died on the day of his birth: 1. Prince Wilhelm (1844–1844) His second wife was Princess Anna of Prussia (1836–1918), the young...
He is important dynastically as a candidate for both the headship of the Hesse-Kassel dynasty (through his father) and for the Danish throne (through his mother). When Frederick William, deposed Elector of Hesse died in 1875, his sons were excluded from succession, because of his morganatic marriage. Therefore, Prince Frederick William succeeded th...
Friedrich Wilhelm received the following awards: German decorations Foreign decorations 1. Austrian Empire: Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1860 2. Denmark: 2.1. Knight of the Elephant, 28 June 1840 2.2. Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 28 June 1840 3. Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer 4. Russian ...
William IX was George III's first cousin - his mother was Princess Mary (1723-72), the sister of George III's father, Frederick, Prince of Wales. He inherited the title Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel upon the death of this father in 1785 and was subsequently in 1803 granted the title of Elector of Hesse.
Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (24 December 1787 – 5 September 1867) was the first son of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen. On 10 November 1810, William was married in Amalienborg Palace to Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1789–1864) daughter of...
Prince Elector of Hesse from 1803 as William I. In 1806 his electorate became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia under the rule of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother. In exile in Denmark. Restored in 1813 and ruled til his death.
Frederick William George Adolphus, Landgrave of Hesse (German language: Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Adolf von Hessen-Kassel; 25 November 1820 – 14 October 1884) was the only son of Wilhelm I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim and Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark.
