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Gustav
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Born(1781-02-17)17 February 1781
Died8 September 1848(1848-09-08) (aged 67)
SpousePrincess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau
IssueKaroline, Princess Reuss of Greiz
Princess Elisabeth
Prince Frederick
Names
German: Gustav Adolph Friedrich
HouseHouse of Ascania
House of Hesse
FatherFrederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
MotherLandgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt

Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (17 February 1781 – 8 September 1848) was landgrave of the German state of Hesse-Homburg from 1846 to 1848.

Early life

On 17 February 1781, Gustav was born the fourth son of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt.[1][2]

Gustav joined the Swedish army in service of his godfather King Gustav III, but left soon after in favour of an Austrian regiment. The prince saw action in the early 19th-century battles of Nördlingen, Hohenlinden, Ratisbon, Aspern-Essling, Wagram, Dresden, and Leipzig. His sister-in-law, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, later wrote that Gustave "gained as much fame and glory on the battlefield as any of his brothers."[3]

Gustav married his niece, Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau, in 1818. They had three children.[1]

Reign

In 1846, Gustav inherited rule of Hesse-Homburg from his brother, Philip.[1] In reaction to a petition put forth by his people, in 1848 Gustav emancipated Homburg's Jews, decreeing that "in local and state affairs no difference shall henceforth be made between our Christian and our Jewish subjects."[4] That same year, Hesse-Homburg was one of nine German states that allowed Jews to be elected to Parliament for the first time.[5]

Due to an illness, his only son predeceased his father; Gustav died on 8 September 1848,[2] and was succeeded by his brother Ferdinand.[1] In 1851, a monument was built in Gustav's honor in Homburg.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
16. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
8. Landgrave Casimir William of Hesse-Homburg
17. Princess Louise Elisabeth of Courland
4. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
18. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels
9. Countess Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels
19. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg
2. Frederick V
20. Wilhelm Moritz, Count of Solms-Braunfels (= 18)
10. Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
21. Landgravine Magdalene Sophie of Hesse-Homburg (= 19)
5. Countess Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels
22. Karl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach-Utphe and Tecklenburg
11. Countess Sophie Magdalena Benigna of Solms-Laubach-Utphe
23. Countess Louise of Schönburg-Waldenburg
1. Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
25. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
26. Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
27. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
3. Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
28. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
29. Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
15. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Letters of Princess Elizabeth of England, pp. 150–51.
  2. ^ a b Hessen-Homburg, Gustav Adolph Friedrich Landgraf.
  3. ^ Letters of Princess Elizabeth of England, p. 81.
  4. ^ The Jewish Encyclopedia, p. 376.
  5. ^ Revolution and Evolution, p. 26.
Works cited
  • "A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Volume 6". The Jewish Encyclopaedia. New York. 1916.
  • "Hessen-Homburg, Gustav Adolph Friedrich Landgraf". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). 1862.
  • Rurup, Reinhard (1981). Revolution and Evolution, 1848 in German-Jewish History. Tubingen: Leo Baeck Institut.
  • United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth of the (1898). Yorke, Philip (ed.). Letters of Princess Elizabeth of England: daughter of King George III., and Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg. London: T. Fisher Unwin.
Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Born: 17 February 1781 Died: 8 September 1848
Preceded by Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
1846-1848 		Succeeded by
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