Friedrich of Hesse

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Adolf, Landgrave of Hesse

Son of Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1787-1867) and his wife Charlotte, Princess of Denmark (1789-1864)

Born: Kassel 26. Nov 1820

Married:

1.      St. Petersburg 28. Jan 1844 Alexandra Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1825-1844)

2.      Charlottenburg 26. May 1853 Anne, Princess of Prussia (1836-1918)

Issue by first wife:

• Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (born and died Tsarskoie Selo 10. Aug 1844)

Issue by second wife:

• Friedrich Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse (1854-1888)
• Elisabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel (1861-1955) m. 1884 Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1855-1886)
• Alexander Friedrich, Landgrave of Hessen (1863-1945) m.1925 Gisela Freiin Stockhorner von Starein (1884-1965)
• Friedrich Karl, Landgrave of Hessen (1868-1940) m. 1893 Margarethe, Princess of Prussia (1872-1954)
• Marie Polyxene, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel (1872-1882)
• Sibylle Margarethe, Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel (1877-1953) m. 1898 (div. 1923) Friedrich Freiherr von Vincke (1867-1925)

Died: Frankfurt 14. Oct 1884

  

  

Source: see Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/2, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann