Karl Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt
Karl Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt (born June 17, 1693 in Nidda , † May 17, 1707 in Gießen ) was a prince of Hessen-Darmstadt .
Life
Karl Wilhelm was the second son of Landgrave Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of Margrave Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach .
At the age of four his father appointed him colonel of the newly established Hessen-Darmstadt district regiment . Two years later the education of Karl Wilhelm was handed over to Johann Konrad Dippel in Gießen , where the landgrave family had fled from the French troops.
Karl Wilhelm died at the age of 13 during the War of the Spanish Succession , his younger brother Prince Franz Ernst of Hessen-Darmstadt took his regimental position.
ancestors
Georg II Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605–1661) | |||||||||||||
Louis VI. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630–1678) | |||||||||||||
Sophie Eleonore of Saxony (1609–1671) | |||||||||||||
Ernst Ludwig Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) | |||||||||||||
Ernst I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1601–1675) | |||||||||||||
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709) | |||||||||||||
Elisabeth Sophia of Saxe-Altenburg (1619–1680) | |||||||||||||
Karl Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||
Joachim Ernst of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1583–1625) | |||||||||||||
Albrecht II of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667) | |||||||||||||
Sophie von Solms-Laubach (1594–1651) | |||||||||||||
Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661–1705) | |||||||||||||
Joachim Ernst of Oettingen-Oettingen (1612–1658) | |||||||||||||
Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664) | |||||||||||||
Anna Sibylle von Solms-Sonnenwalde (around 1615–1635) | |||||||||||||
literature
- August Justus Alexander Keim (1845-1926): History of the infantry body regiment Grand Duchess (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117 and its tribes 1677-1902, Berlin, A. Bath, 1903
- Stephan Goldschmidt: Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734) p. 147 f.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Karl Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carl Wilhelm of Hessen-Darmstadt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt and colonel |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1693 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nidda |
DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1707 |
Place of death | to water |