Georg Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt
Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt (born July 11, 1722 in Darmstadt ; † June 21, 1782 ibid) was a prince of Hessen-Darmstadt .
Life
Georg Wilhelm was the second son of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hessen-Darmstadt (1691–1768) from his marriage to Charlotte (1700–1726), daughter and heiress of Count Johann Reinhard III. from Hanau .
From 1738 until his death he was in military service in his home country ( Hessen-Darmstädtisches Kreisregiment ); in addition, he was the owner of a Prussian regiment in the 1740s. He achieved the rank of general of the cavalry. Georg Wilhelm was considered his father's military expert and was therefore also a rival of his brother Ludwig IX. who expanded Pirmasens as a garrison town.
On March 6, 1748 he married Luise (1729-1818), daughter of Count Christian Karl Reinhard von Leiningen-Dagsburg . Georg Wilhelm acquired the lordships of Broich , Oberstein, Aspermont, Burgel and Reipolzkirchen through his marriage .
In 1764 Georg Wilhelm received the Old Palace in Darmstadt and the associated pleasure garden as a gift from his father, who always preferred him to his older brother Ludwig . Georg Ludwig had the palace at the White Tower expanded and expanded. Here he represented the princely family, as his brother stayed mostly in Pirmasens.
children
- Ludwig Georg Karl (1749–1823)
- ⚭ ( morganatic ) 1788 Friederike Schmidt, "Freifrau von Hessenheim" (1751–1803)
- Georg Friedrich (1750-1750)
- Friederike (1752–1782)
- ⚭ 1768 Prince Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741–1816)
- Georg Karl (1754-1830)
- Charlotte (1755–1785)
- ⚭ 1784 Prince Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741–1816)
- Karl Wilhelm Georg (1757–1797)
- Friedrich (1759-1808)
- ⚭ (morganatic) 1788 Karoline Luise Salome Seitz, "Frau von Friedrich" (1768–1812)
- Luise (1761-1829)
- ⚭ 1777 Landgrave Ludwig X of Hesse-Darmstadt , later Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine (1753–1830)
- Auguste (1765–1796)
- ⚭ 1785 Duke Maximilian Joseph von Zweibrücken , later King of Bavaria (1756–1825)
ancestors
| Louis VI. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630–1678) | |||||||||||||
| Ernst Ludwig Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Albrecht II of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664) | |||||||||||||
| Georg Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||
| Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1628–1666) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Reinhard III. von Hanau (1665–1736) | |||||||||||||
| Anna Magdalena of Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693) | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654–1686) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731) | |||||||||||||
| Johanna Elisabeth of Baden (1651–1680) | |||||||||||||
literature
- Johann Friedrich Schannat: Eiflia Illustrata ... p. 515.
- Philipp Alexander Ferdinand Walther: Darmstadt as it was and how it became. P. 187.
Web links
- Hessen-Darmstadt, Georg Wilhelm Prince of. Hessian biography. (As of February 5, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Georg Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1722 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1782 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |