Friedrich Hessen-Kassel, III

Male 1747 - 1837  (89 years)


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  • Name Friedrich Hessen-Kassel 
    Suffix III 
    Born 11 Sep 1747  Bad Homburg vor der Höhenlohe, Hochtaunuskrei, Hessen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 4 Feb 1748  Bad Homburg vor der Höhenlohe, Hochtaunuskrei, Hessen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 28 Jan 1820  Mausoleum und Schlosskirche Rumpenheim Offenbach am Main, Stadtkreis Offenbach am Main, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 20 May 1837  Rumpenheim Schloß, Offenbach am Main, Kassel, Hessen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14389  OGrady Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2021 

    Father Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel, II,   b. 14 Aug 1720, Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1785, Pommersfelden, Landkreis Bamberg, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary von Hannover,   b. 22 Feb 1723, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1772, Hanau, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 28 Jun 1740  Kassel, Kassel, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Karoline Polyxene von Nassau-Usingen,   b. 4 Apr 1762, Biebrich, Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1821, Bad Homburg vor der Höhenlohe, Hochtaunuskrei, Hessen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married 2 Dec 1786  Biebrich, Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Auguste Wilhelmine Luise von Hessen-Kassel,   b. 25 Jul 1797, Rumpenheim, Offenbach am Main, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1889, Saint James's Palace, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F5773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201324259/frederick-von_hessen-kassel
    • Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel was a younger member of the dynasty that ruled the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel and a Danish general.

      He was born as the youngest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Mary of Great Britain. He was the last surviving grandchild of George II of Great Britain, dying one month before Queen Victoria ascended to the throne.

      He married Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen , he bought the castle of Rumpenheim, Offenbach, from his brother Carl, and it became the family's seat. His descendants are known as the Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim branch of the House of Hesse, one of only two branches that survived to the present day.
      Children:
      William (24 December 1787 ? 5 September 1867), married Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1789?1864) and was the father of Louise of Hesse-Kassel (wife of Christian IX of Denmark).
      Karl Friedrich (9 March 1789 ? 10 September 1802)
      Friedrich Wilhelm (24 April 1790 ? 25 October 1876)
      Ludwig Karl (12 November 1791 ? 12 May 1800)
      Georg Karl (14 January 1793 ? 4 March 1881)
      Luise Karoline Marie Friederike (9 April 1794 ? 16 March 1881), married Graf George von der Decken (1787?1859), King's Hanoverian General of the Cavalry (Germany)
      Marie Wilhelmine Friederike (21 January 1796 ? 30 December 1880), married Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779?1860)
      Augusta Wilhelmine Luise (25 July 1797 ? 6 April 1889), married Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774?1850)