Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (Darmstadt, July 11, 1722 - Darmstadt June 21, 1782) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt and an ancestor of many royals of the 19th century.
He was the second son of Landgrave Louis VIII and Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna von Hanau-Lichtenberg.
He commanded from 1738 till his death the army-regiment of his land. 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.
He married in 1748 Maria Luise Albertine von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, and had nine children:
- Ludwig Georg Karl (1749)
- Georg Friedrich (1750)
- Friederike Caroline Luise (1752-1782), married Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Georg Karl (1754-1830), banned to Hungary
- Charlotte Wilhelmine Christiane Marie (1755-1785), married her brother-in-law Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Karl Wilhelm Georg (1757)
- Friedrich Georg August (1759)
- Louise Henriette Caroline (1761-1829), married Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Auguste Wilhelmine Maria (1765-1796), married Maximilian Joseph I, King of Bavaria
