Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

George William
Born	11 July 1722 Darmstadt
Died	21 June 1782 Darmstadt
Spouse	Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
Issue	See main text
House	House of Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

George William and family (1753)

George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (11 July 1722 – 21 June 1782) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was born in Darmstadt.

He was the second son of Landgrave Louis VIII and Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg. From 1738 till his death he commanded an army-regiment of his land. In the 1740s, he also commanded a Prussian regiment. He reached the rank of general of the cavalry. He was the official military adviser to his father, but had a strong rival in his older brother Louis IX, who followed his friend's example, the soldier-king Frederick II of Prussia and expanded Pirmasens as a garrison town.

In 1748, he married Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg. Through this marriage, he acquired the estates of Broich, Oberstein, Aspermont, Burgel and Reipolzkirchen. He and Maria had nine children.

In 1764, George William received Old Palace in Darmstadt and the associated pleasure garden as a gift from his father, who had always favoured him above his brother Louis. George William had the palace with the White Tower expanded. He represented the reigning family in Darmstadt, as his brother stayed mostly in Pirmasens.

Issue

Name	Portrait	Birth	Death	Notes
Ludwig Georg Karl		1749	1823	Married morganatically in 1788 Friederike Schmidt, Baroness von Hessenheim
Georg Friedrich		1750
Friederike Caroline Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz		20 August 1752	22 May 1782	Married in 1768 Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, had issue
Georg Karl		14 June 1754	28 January 1830
Charlotte Wilhelmine Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz		5 November 1755	12 December 1785	Married in 1784 Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, had issue
Karl Wilhelm Georg		1757	1797
Friedrich Georg August		1759	1808	Married morganatically in 1788 Karoline Luise Seitz, Baroness von Friedrich
Louise Henriette Caroline		15 February 1761	24 October 1829	Married in 1777 Louis X of Hesse-Darmstadt, had issue
Auguste Wilhelmine Duchess of Zweibrücken		14 April 1765	30 March 1796	Married in 1785 the future King Maximilian I of Bavaria, had issue

Ancestry

Family of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

16. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               8. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       17. Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony               4. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                             18. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha               9. Duchess Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg                       19. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg               2. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   20. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach               10. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach                       21. Countess Sophie of Solms-Laubach               5. Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach                             22. Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen               11. Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen                       23. Countess Anna Sibylle of Solms-Sonnenwald               1. George William of Hesse-Darmstadt                                         24. Philippe-Wolfgang, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg               12. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg                       25. Countess Johanna of Oettingen-Oettingen               6. Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg                             26. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler               13. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler                       27. Countess Palatine Magdalena Catherine of Zweibrücken               3. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg                                   28. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach(= 10)               14. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach                       29. Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen (= 11)               7. Margravine Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach                             30. Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach               15. Margravine Joanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach                       31. Countess Palatine Christina Magdalena of Kleeburg

References

• Johann Friedrich Schannat: Eiflia Illustrata... S. 515
• Philipp Alexander Ferdinand Walther: Darmstadt wie es war und wie es geworden S. 187