Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

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

Ancestors of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

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-Kassel 18. Moritz Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz 9. Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz 19. Marie Amalie of Brandenburg 2. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel 20. George I of Great Britain 10. George II of Great Britain 21. Sophia Dorothea of Celle 5. Princess Mary of Great Britain 22. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 11. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach 23. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach 1. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel 24. William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 12. Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 25. Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg 6. Charles William, 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 of Nassau-Usingen 28. Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 14. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 29. Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg 7. Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg 30. George Ludwig, Count of Solms-Rödelheim 15. Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim 31. Charlotte Sibylle of Ahlefeld-Langeland