Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
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Father | Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
Mother | Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Born | 17 June 1693 Nidda |
Died | 17 May 1707 Gießen |
(aged 13)
Karl Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (born: 17 June 1693 in Nidda; died: 17 May 1707 in Gießen) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Charles William was the second son of Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of the Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
When Charles William was four years old, his father appointed him Colonel of the newly created Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment. Two years later, the education of Charles William was handed over to Johann Konrad Dippel in Gießen, where the Landgrave's family had fled before the advancing French troops.
Karl Wilhelm died at the age of 13, during the War of Spanish Succession. His younger brother Prince Francis Ernest of Hessen-Darmstadt took his place in the Regiment.