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    William I, Elector of Hesse (German: Wilhelm I., Kurfürst von Hessen; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave...
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    Frederick William I (20 August 1802 – 6 January 1875) was, between 1847 and 1866, the last Prince-elector of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). He was born...
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    surviving son of William I, Elector of Hesse and Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway. With the Hessian troops, he was involved in the War of the Sixth...
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    The Elector's formal titles included "Elector of Hesse, Prince of Fulda (Fürst von Fulda), Prince of Hersfeld, Hanau, Fritzlar and Isenburg, Count of Katzenelnbogen...
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    elevated to an Electorate and Landgrave William IX became an Imperial Elector. Many members of the House of Hesse-Kassel served in the Danish military gaining...
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    daughter of William II, Elector of Hesse and Princess Augusta of Prussia. Marie Frederica was one of six children born to William II, Elector of Hesse by his...
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    Anhalt-Bernburg. She was a daughter of William I, Elector of Hesse, and his wife, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark. On 29 November 1794 she married...
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    Electorate of Hesse and Landgrave William IX was elevated to Imperial Elector, taking the title William I, Elector of Hesse. The principality thus became...
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    of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. They had four sons: William (25 December 1741 – 1 July 1742) William I, Elector of Hesse (3...
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  • Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516–1592) William I, Elector of Hesse (or Hesse-Cassel), also known as William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, (1743–1821)...
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    was the Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel and later the Electress of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to William I, Elector of Hesse. Princess Wilhelmina Caroline...
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  • William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592), German nobility William I, Elector of Hesse (1743-1821), German nobility Prince William of Hesse,...
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    William (German: Georg Wilhelm; 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of...
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  • Thumbnail for Princess Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
    Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg by marriage. She was the second daughter of Landgrave (later Prince) William I of Hesse by Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark...
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    1462), married to Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse; Catherine, (1421 – 23 August 1476, Berlin), married to Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg; Henry, (21...
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  • Charlotte Christine Buissine (category Mistresses of William I, Elector of Hesse)
    Frenchwoman who was the first mistress of William I, Elector of Hesse from 1775 until 1778. She was the daughter of a Hanau civil servant, the farmer Henri...
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    William II (29 April 1469 – 11 July 1509) was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III...
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    disposition of Princess Mary". A marriage was negotiated with Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, the only son and heir of William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel...
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  • Thumbnail for Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
    Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia...
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  • William the Silent (1533–1584), Prince of Orange Guglielmo I Gonzaga (1538–1587), Duke of Mantua William I, Elector of Hesse (1743–1821) King William...
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  • Thumbnail for Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
    wife of Philip William, Elector Palatine. Born at the New Palace in Gießen, Elisabeth Amalie was the daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt...
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    Wilhelmshöhe Palace (category Palaces in Hesse)
    Gallery of the Old Masters (which includes one of the world's largest Rembrandt collections) and the Graphic Arts Collection. William I, Elector of Hesse, as...
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    was appointed as the ninth prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692. He was also ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück from 1662 until his death...
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    Karoline von Schlotheim (category Mistresses of William I, Elector of Hesse)
    was the third and final mistress of William I, Elector of Hesse from 1788 until 1811. Karoline was the daughter of General Heinrich Christian Wilhelm...
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    grandparents were Prince William, later William II, Elector of Hesse, and Princess Augusta of Prussia (a daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia). Her maternal...
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    Frederick I (German: Friedrich I.; 11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713)...
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  • Rosa Dorothea Ritter (category Mistresses of William I, Elector of Hesse)
    of Lindenthal after 1783, was a German woman who was the second mistress of William I, Elector of Hesse from 1779 until 1788. She was an ancestor of the...
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    Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine (German: Philipp Wilhelm) (24 November 1615 – 2 September 1690) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to...
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    was Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685. He was the son of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine of the House of Wittelsbach, and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel...
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  • (1739–1809), court Jew of the Duke of Württemberg Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), "court factor" for William I, Elector of Hesse Israel Jacobson (1768–1828)...
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