Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
George William | |
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Born | Darmstadt | 11 July 1722
Died | 21 June 1782 Darmstadt | (aged 59)
Burial | |
Spouse | |
Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
Prince 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
Frederick II of Prussia and expanded Pirmasens
as a garrison town.
In 1748, he married Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg. 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.[citation needed] 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 |
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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 Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , had issue
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Georg Karl | 14 June 1754 | 28 January 1830 | ||
Charlotte Wilhelmine Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
5 November 1755 | 12 December 1785 | Married in 1784 Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , had issue
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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
Ancestors of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen | |||||||||||||||
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1. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||
12. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |||||||||||||||
6. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |||||||||||||||
13. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler | |||||||||||||||
3. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |||||||||||||||
14. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |||||||||||||||
7. Princess Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |||||||||||||||
15. Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach | |||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 68.
- Johann Friedrich Schannat: Eiflia Illustrata... S. 515
- Philipp Alexander Ferdinand Walther: Darmstadt wie es war und wie es geworden S. 187
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