William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
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William VIII (10 March 1682 – 1 February 1760) ruled the German Landgraviate Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death, first as regent (1730–1751) and then as landgrave (1751–1760).
Life
Born in
King of Sweden
in 1720 and his father died in 1730, he became de facto ruler of Hesse-Kassel. He officially became landgrave after his brother's death on 25 March 1751.
Five years later, the
King of Prussia, and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII
.
His second son and successor, Frederick, became a Catholic, which led to restrictions on
Protestant grandson William
.
During his reign, William started building Schloss Wilhelmsthal in
Rembrandt
.
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Schloss Wilhelmsthal
Family
In 1717, William married
Maurice William, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz
.They had three children:
- Charles (21 August 1718 – 17 October 1719);
- Frederick (1720 – 1785), his successor;
- Maria Amalia (7 July 1721 – 19 November 1744).
He died at Rinteln in 1760.
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References
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- Hugo Brunner (1898), "Wilhelm VIII.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 43, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 60–64
- Reinhard Dietrich (1996) (in German). Die Landesverfassung in dem Hanauischen = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 34. Hanau. ISBN 3-9801933-6-5
- Bernhard Schnackenburg (2000) (in German). Landgraf Wilhelm VIII. von Hessen-Kassel, Gründer der Kasselerer Gemäldegalerie. In: Heide Wunder (Ed.): Kassel im 18. Jahrhundert. Kassel. S. 71–87.
- Wolf von Both/Hans Vogt (Ed.) (1964) (in German). Landgraf Wilhelm VIII. von Hessen-Kassel. Ein Fürst der Rokokozeit = Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen und Waldeck, Bd. 27,1/ Schriften zur Hessischen Kulturgeschichte, Bd. 1. Munich.
- Franz Carl Theodor Piderit (1844) (in German). Geschichte der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Kassel S. 304 ff.