Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

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Prince William
Born	(1787-12-24)24 December 1787 Biebrich, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Died	5 September 1867(1867-09-05) (aged 79) Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark
Spouse	Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark ​ ​ (m. 1810; died 1864)​
Issue	Princess Karoline Marie Luise, Princess Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau Louise, Queen of Denmark Friedrich Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse Auguste, Baroness Carl Frederik of Blixen-Finecke Princess Sophie Wilhelmine
House	Hesse-Kassel
Father	Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

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.

Marriage and children[]

On 10 November 1810, William was married in Amalienborg Palace to Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1789–1864) daughter of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway (1753–1805) and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758–1794).

Children of marriage:

• Karoline Friederike Marie of Hesse-Kassel (15 August 1811 – 10 May 1829).
• Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (9 May 1814 – 28 July 1895). Married Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau.
• Louise of Hesse-Kassel (7 September 1817 – 29 September 1898). Married King Christian IX of Denmark.
• Friedrich Wilhelm (26 November 1820 – 14 October 1884). Head of House of Hesse-Kassel. Married first Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaievna of Russia, a daughter of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia, and second Anna of Prussia.
• Auguste Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel (30 October 1823 – 17 July 1889). Married Baron Carl Frederik von Blixen-Finecke, Lord of Näsbyholm.
• Sophie Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (18 January – 20 December 1827).

Ancestry[]

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