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Prince William of Hesse

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Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

Prince William of Hesse (24 December 1787, Biebrich5 September 1867, Copenhagen), son of Prince Frederick of Hesse and Caroline of Nassau-Usingen. His paternal grandparents were Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Mary of Great Britain.

Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Maria Amalia of Courland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Marie Amalie of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Prince Frederick of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. George I of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. George II of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Sophia Dorothea of Celle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Mary of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Eleanor Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. William of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Wilhelm Heinrich of Nassau-Usingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Karl, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Charlotte Amalie of Nassau-Dillenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Christiane Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Johann Karl August of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Johanna Magdalena of Hanau-Lichtenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. George Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeld-Langeland
 
 
 
 
 
 

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:

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