Friedrich of Hessen-Darmstadt (1788–1867)

Prince Friedrich of Hesse

Friedrich Prince of Hesse and the Rhine (born May 13, 1788 in Darmstadt ; † March 16, 1867 in Paris ) was an Imperial Russian major general and Grand Ducal Hessian general of the infantry. His full name was: Friedrich August Karl Anton Aemilius Maximilian Christian Ludwig Prince of Hesse and the Rhine .

Life

ancestry

His parents were Grand Duke Ludwig I of Hesse-Darmstadt (1753-1830) and his wife Luise Henriette Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1761-1829).

biography

He embarked on a military career. In 1796 he was named Imperial Rittmeister in the Austrian army and remained an active soldier until 1806. In 1807 he said goodbye - supposedly for health reasons.

In 1808 the prince converted from the Protestant religion to the Catholic Church (announced in 1811), which is why he had to renounce all inheritance claims and take up residence abroad. He settled in Paris.

In 1813 he joined the French army as a volunteer. In 1814 he worked first as Adjutant Commandant ( Colonel ) in the War Ministry, then as Chief d'Etat Major of the 13th Division, from 1815 as such in the War Ministry. In 1817 Prince Friedrich was promoted to Maréchal de camp (Brigadier General).

Apparently he was transferred to Russian services and there reached the rank of major general . From 1829 he stayed in Portugal , where he actively supported King Michael I in the Miguelista War.

In his homeland, Hessen-Darmstadt , he was appointed lieutenant general in 1852 and infantry general in 1862 . However, since the prince continued to stay abroad, these Hessian military ranks were only honorary titles. As a grand ducal prince he was constitutionally a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the years 1820–1849 and 1856–1867, without ever having made active use of it.

Prince Friedrich died in Paris and is buried in the St. Ludwigs Church in Darmstadt .

ancestors

Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768)

Louis IX Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719–1790)

Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726)

Ludwig I Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine (1753–1830)

Christian III of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1674–1735)

Caroline of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1721–1774)

Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774)

Friedrich of Hessen-Darmstadt

Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768)

Georg Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt (1722–1782)

Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726)

Luise Henriette Karoline of Hessen-Darmstadt (1761–1829)

Christian Karl Reinhard von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1695–1766)

Maria Luise Albertine zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1729-1818)

Katharina Polyxena von Solms-Rödelheim (1702–1765)

Note: Due to inter-family marriages, Landgrave Ludwig VIII and his wife Charlotte are two-time great-grandparents of Friedrich.

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 181.
• David August Rosenthal : Images of Converts from the Nineteenth Century , Volume 1, Part 1, Pages 320–322, Schaffhausen, Hurter Verlag, 1871

Web links

• Hesse and near the Rhine, Friedrich Prince of. Hessian biography. (As of March 16, 2012). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Hessian princes in the service of the House of Austria . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1862, p. 442 ( digitized version ).