Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
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Frederick William I, Elector of Hesse (Hanau August 20, 1802 - Prague January 6, 1875) was between 1847 and 1866 the last Elector of Hesse-Kassel.
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[edit] Life
He was born in 1802 as son of Prince William, later William II, Elector of Hesse, and Princess Augusta of Prussia, daughter of Frederick William II of Prussia.
During the French occupation of Hesse-Kassel (1806-1813) he stayed with his mother in Berlin. The relationship with his father was bad, because of his fathers affair with Emilie Ortlöpp.
Frederick became regent on September 30, 1831. Under influence of his minister Ludwig Hassenpflug he conduced a reactionary policy, which made him very impopular. He was forces to give in to the demands of the March Revolution, but reinstated Hassenpflug in 1850 after the revolution had been crushed.
In the Austro-Prussian War (1866) he chose the side of Austria. His capital Kassel was occupied by Prussia and he was transferred as a prisoner to Stettin on June 23. Hessen-Kassel was annexed by Prussia in the same year.
Frederick William never accepted the Prussian dominance over his territory. Even after the creation of the unified German Empire (1871), he tried to regain his throne. He died in 1875.
[edit] Children
Frederich William morganatically married on June 26, 1831 to Gertrud Falkenstein, whom he made Countess of Schaumburg (1831) and Hanau (1833). They had nine children:
- Augusta Marie Gertrude (1829-1887), married Ferdinand Max zu Isenburg und Büdingen.
- Alexandrine (1830-1871), married Felix Eugen Wilhelm Ludwig Albrecht Karl zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen
- Frederich Wilhelm (1832-1889), married Auguste Birnbaum (1856), and Ludowika Gloede (1875)
- Moritz (1834-1889), maried Anne von Lossberg
- Wilhelm (1836-1902), married Elisabeth, daughter of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Maria (1839-1917), married Willem of Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
- Karl (1840-1905), married Hermine Grote
- Heinrich (1842-1917), married Martha Riegel
- Philipp (1844-1914), married Albertine Hubatschek-Stauber
[edit] Ancestry
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- [1] - Genealogy of the Hesse-Kassel line.
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Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
Born: 2O August 1802 Died: 6 January 1875 |
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| Preceded by William II |
Elector of Hesse 1847 — 1866 |
Succeeded by Annexed by Prussia |
