William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal | |
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 Wilhelm Landgraf von Hessen-Philippsthal, by | |
| Born | 29 August 1726 Philippsthal |
| Died | 8 August 1810 (aged 83) Philippsthal |
| Noble family | Hesse |
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| Father | Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal |
| Mother | |
William of Hesse-Philippsthal (born: 29 August 1726 in Philippsthal; died: 8 August 1810, Philippsthal) was a member of the House of Hesse and Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal from 1770 until his death.
Life[]
William was the eldest son of Landgrave Charles I of Hesse-Philippsthal from his marriage to (1699–1743), daughter of Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach. He succeeded his father in 1770 as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal.
William served in the Dutch army as General of the Cavalry and Governor of 's-Hertogenbosch. William was also Komtur of the Knights Hospitallers of the Commandry of Łagów.
In 1806, the Landgraviate of Philippsthal was occupied by French troops and annexed to the short-lived Kingdom of Westphalia. William died before his territory could be liberated from the French.
Marriage and issue[]
William married on 22 June 1755 in Tournai his cousin Ulrika Eleonora (1732–1795), daughter of Landgrave William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, with whom he had the following children:
- Caroline (1756–1756)
- Charles (1757–1793), lieutenant colonel in the Guard Regiment of Hesse-Kassel
- married in 1791 princess Victoria of Anhalt-Bernburg (1772–1817), daughter of Prince Franz Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
- William (1758–1760)
- Frederick (1760–1761)
- Juliane (1761–1799)
- married in 1780 Count Philip Ernest of Schaumburg-Lippe (1723–1787)
- Frederick (1764–1794) Imperial lieutenant colonel in a Russian Guard Regiment Cuirassiers
- Louis (1766–1816), Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
- married in 1791 Countess Marie Francisca Berghe of Trips (1771–1805)
- William (1765–1766)
- Ernest Constantine (1771–1849), Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
- married firstly in 1796 Princess Louise of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1775–1808)
- married secondly in 1812 Princess Caroline of Hesse-Philippsthal (1793–1872)
Ancestors[]
References and sources[]
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 61.
- Carl Eduard Vehse: Geschichte der deutschen Höfe seit der Reformation, p. 319
- Georg Hassel: Allg. Europäisches Staats u. Address…, p. 247
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- Landgraves of Hesse
- 18th-century German people
- 19th-century German people
- House of Hesse
- 1726 births
- 1810 deaths