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- Landgraf (Landgrave) von Hessen-Kassel. He married 1) in Kassel, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover (1723-1772), and 2) in Berlin, Philippine Markgräfin von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1745-1800). His second marriage produced no children. He died at Schloß (Castle) Weissenstein.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141982885/friedrich_ii.-von_hessen-kassel
- Friedrich II Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel was born on 14 August 1720.1 He was the son of Wilhelm VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Dorothea Wilhelmine von Sachsen-Zeitz.1 He married, firstly, Mary Hanover, Princess of Great Britain, daughter of George II Augustus Hanover, King of Great Britain and Wilhelmine Charlotte Karoline Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach, on 28 June 1740 at Cassel, GermanyG.2 He married, secondly, Philippine Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Schwedt, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Markgraf von Brandenburg-Schwedt and Sophie Dorothea Marie Prinzessin von Preußen, on 10 January 1773.1 He died on 31 October 1785 at age 65 at Schloss Weissenstein, GermanyG.1
He succeeded as the Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel in 1760.3
Children of Friedrich II Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Mary Hanover, Princess of Great Britain
Wilhelm Prinz von Hessen-Kassel4 b. 25 Dec 1741, d. 1 Jul 1742
Wilhelm I (IX) Kurfürst von Hessen-Kassel+3 b. 3 Jun 1743, d. 27 Feb 1821
Karl Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel+4 b. 19 Dec 1744, d. 17 Aug 1836
Friedrich III Prinz General von Hessen-Kassel+5 b. 11 Sep 1747, d. 20 May 1837
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