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William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. William V ( German: Wilhelm) (13 February 1602 – 21 September 1637), a member of the House of Hesse, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1627 to 1637. Having come to rule in unfavorable circumstances and in the midst of the Thirty Years' War, he continued to suffer losses of territory and wealth.
William was a younger son of Landgrave Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal from his marriage to Catherine Amalie (1654–1736), daughter of Count Karl Otto of Solms-Laubach . Wilhelm founded the non-sovereign line Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld of the House of Hesse in 1721, after the death of his father, who had left him Barchfeld and Herleshausen in ...
The remaining Thuringian landgraviate fell to the Wettin's Henry III, Margrave of Meissen. Henry I of Hesse was raised to the status of prince by King Adolf of Germany in 1292. From 1308 to 1311, and again from 1458, the landgraviate was divided into Upper Hesse and Lower Hesse. Hesse was re-unified under Landgrave William II in 1500.
Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal: 8. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal: 17. Catherine Amalie of Solms-Laubach: 4. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal: 18. John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach: 9. Caroline Christine of Saxe-Eisenach: 19. Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach: 2. Ernest Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse ...
William VII of Hesse-Kassel (21 June 1651 – 21 November 1670) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Early life [ edit ] Born into an ancient House of Hesse , William was the eldest son of Landgrave William VI of Hesse-Kassel and his wife, Princess Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg , youngest daughter of George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate .
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), succeeded as landgrave on William IV's death in 1592. In addition William had a few illegitimate children. Most significant and favored among these was Philipp von Cornberg (1553–1616), William's son by Elisabeth Wallenstein. Philipp was ennobled by his father and became the ...
Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (29 August 1770 in Homburg – 19 January 1839 in Luxembourg), was Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg from 1829 until his death. Biography [ edit ] Louis was the second son of Landgrave Frederick V and his wife Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt , a daughter of Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibrücken , "the Great Landgravine".
