Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

William of Hesse-Kassel
Prince and Landgrave
Born	24 December 1787
Died
Spouse	Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark
Issue	Karoline Friederike Marie of Hesse-Kassel Marie Luise Charlotte Louise, Queen of Denmark Friedrich Wilhelm Auguste Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel Sophie Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel
House	House of 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 (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 1899). Married Baron Carl Frederik von Blixen-Finecke, Lord of Näsbyholm.
• Sophie Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (18 January - 20 December 1827).

Ancestry

Family 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                             18. Maurice 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. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach               11. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach                       23. Eleonore Erdmuthe 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 of Nassau-Usingen                                   28. John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg               14. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg                       29. Countess Johanna Magdalene 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