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Frederick V
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Born(1748-01-30)30 January 1748
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Died20 January 1820(1820-01-20) (aged 71)
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
SpouseCaroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
IssueFrederick VI
Louis William
Caroline, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Louise Ulrike, Princess Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Amalie, Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
Auguste, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Philip
Gustav
Ferdinand
Maria Anna, Princess Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia
Landgrave Leopold
HouseHouse of Hesse
FatherFrederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
MotherUlrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels

Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was the son of Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels (1731–1792), daughter of Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.

In 1768 he married Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt. The couple had 15 children, of whom the following 11 survived to adulthood:

  • Landgravine Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg (1772–1854); married in 1793 Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1771–1825).

Ancestry

Family of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
8. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
4. Landgrave Casimir William of Hesse-Homburg
9. Luise Elisabeth von Kurland
2. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
10. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels
5. Countess Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels
11. Madeleine Sophie of Hesse-Homburg
1. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
12. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels (=10)
6. Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
13. Madeleine Sophie of Hesse-Homburg (=11)
3. Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels
14. Karl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach-Utphe and Tecklenburg
7. Countess Sophia Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Laubach-Utphe
15. Countess Louise of Schönburg-Waldenburg

References

  • Ursula Brauer: Friedrich V. Ludwig, Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2, p. 321–327.
  • Johann Georg Breidenstein: Todesfeier des weiland durchlauchtigsten Fürsten und Herrn Friedrich Ludwig souverainen Landgrafen von Hessen. Frankfurt a.M. 1820 (Digitalisat)
  • Werner Kirchner: Friedrich Ludwig. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlín 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9, p. 506 f.
  • Friedrich Lotz: Geschichte der Stadt Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. Band II. Kramer, Frankfurt a. M. 1964
  • Fried Lübbecke: Kleines Vaterland Homburg vor der Höhe. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-7829-0254-8
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Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Born: 30 January 1748 Died: 20 January 1820
Preceded by Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
1751–1820 		Succeeded by


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