Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Frederick V
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
File:Friedrich VHessenHomburg.jpg
Born	(1748-01-30)30 January 1748 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Died	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Spouse	Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
Issue	Frederick 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
House	House of Hesse
Father	Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother	Ulrike 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:

• Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769–1829); married in 1818 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840), a daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom.
• Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1770–1839); married in 1804 Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen (1778–1846), divorced 1805.
• Landgravine Ulrike Louise Karoline of Hesse-Homburg (1771–1854); married in 1791 Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767–1807).
• Landgravine Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg (1772–1854); married in 1793 Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1771–1825).
• Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg (1774–1846); married in 1792 Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769–1814).
• Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg (1776–1871); married in 1818 Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819).
• Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1779–1846); married (morganatically) in 1838 Rosalie Antonie, Baroness Schimmelpfennig von der Oye, née Pototschnig (1806–1845), "Countess of Naumburg".
• Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1781–1848); married in 1818 Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1798–1858).
• Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1783–1866)
• Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785–1846); married in 1804 Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia (1783–1851)
• Landgrave Leopold of Hesse-Homburg (1787–1813); killed at the Battle of Großgörschen.

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 House of Hesse Born: 30 January 1748 Died: 20 January 1820
Preceded by Frederick IV	Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg 1751–1820	Succeeded by Frederick VI