Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Adolph
Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Born	(1743-06-29)29 June 1743 Ypres
Died	17 July 1803(1803-07-17) (aged 60) Barchfeld
Spouse	Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen
Father	William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Mother	Charlotte Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (29 June 1743 in Ypres – 17 July 1803 in Barchfeld) was a member of the House of Hesse. He was the ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld from 1772 until his death.

Life

Adolph was a son of the Landgrave William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1692-1761) from his marriage with Charlotte Wilhelmine (1704-1766), daughter of Prince Lebrecht of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym. Adolph succeeded his childless brother Frederick as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld in 1777.

He began his career in the service of his Hesse-Kassel. He then went in the Dutch service, where he later became a colonel in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of Orange-Nassau. In 1773, he joined the Prussian army and became chief of the Fusilier Regiment No. 55. Here he gained the favor of Frederick II on 16 January 1777, he was appointed to Major General appointed. He fought in the Bavarian War of Succession and was attacked by General Wurmser and taken prisoner by the Austrians at Habelschwerdt in 1779. In 1780 he resigned from the military and retired to Barchfeld.

He acquired the Nesselröden estate in 1794 and three years later sold the Wehra property to the Treasury of Hesse-Kassel for 24000taler.

Marriage and issue

Landgrave Adolph married on 18 October 1781 in Meiningen with Louise (1752-1805), a daughter of the Duke Anton Ulrich of Sachsen-Meiningen from his marriage with Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal. With her he had the following children:

• Frederick (1782-1783)
• Charles (1784-1854), Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

married firsty in 1816 with Princess Auguste of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1793-1821)

married secondly in 1823 with Princess Sophie of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1794-1873)

• William (1786-1834)

married in 1812 with Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788-1850)

• George (1787-1788)
• Ernest Frederick (1789-1850)
• Charlotte (1794-1794)

Ancestors

Family of Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

16. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 8. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 17. Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg 4. Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal 18. George William, Elector of Brandenburg 9. Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg 19. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate 2. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld 20. Albert Otto II of Solms-Laubach 10. Charles Otto of Solms-Laubach 21. Catharina Juliana of Hanau-Münzenberg 5. Catherine Amalie of Solms-Laubach 22. Arnold Jobst of Bentheim-Bentheim 11. Amöna Elisabeth of Bentheim-Steinfurt 23. Anna Amalia of Ysenburg-Büdingen 1. Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld 24. Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 12. Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg 25. Eleonore Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 6. Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym 26. Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken 13. Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Zweibrücken 27. Louise Juliana of the Palatinate 3. Charlotte Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym 28. John of Weede 14. John George, Baron of Weede 29. Catherine de Cuyper 7. Baroness Eberhardine Jacobine Wilhelmine of Weede 30. Reinier of Raesfeld-Middachten 15. Agnes Margaret of Raesfeld-Middachten 31. Margaret of Leefdael

References

• Johann Samuel Ersch (ed.): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer ... p. 297
• Eduard Lange, Die soldaten Friedrich's des Grossen, p. 259 Online