Maximilian of Hessen-Kassel
Maximilian von Hessen-Kassel (born May 28, 1689 in Marburg , † May 8, 1753 in Kassel ) was a prince of Hessen-Kassel and imperial field marshal . He came from the German Princely House of Hesse .
Life
Maximilian was the ninth son of Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel (1654–1730) from his marriage to Marie Amalia (1653–1711), daughter of Duke Jakob Kettler von Kurland. His father bought him the Betzigerode estate in 1713 . After the Hessian line of the Lords of Linsingen had died out in 1721 with Ludwig Eitel in the male line and their rule of Jesberg had thus fallen back to the Landgrave , Maximilian received the rule of Jesberg from his father in 1723, including the Richerode estate and the nearby village of Hundshausen. He then sold the Betzigerode estate in the same year to the widow of the former landgrave chancellor Nikolaus Wilhelm Goddaeus (1646–1719), Amalie Elisabeth née. d'Orville (1676-1752). With the proceeds he had a small baroque palace built in Treisbachgrund in Jesberg and the " Prinzessingarten " laid out for his four daughters, who had survived their infancy, southeast of Jesberg in what is now Jesberg State Forest . He was a passionate musician, had his own court orchestra, and for this he threw himself into debt.
His marriage, concluded in 1720, to Friederike Charlotte von Hessen-Darmstadt (1698–1777), a daughter of Landgrave Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt , was supposed to symbolize the restored harmony between Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt, which, however, was shared by both families Annoyance at the lavish lifestyle of "Princess Max" was made difficult.
progeny
Maximilian had the following children from his marriage to Friederike Charlotte:
- Karl (born September 30, 1721 in Kassel, † November 23, 1722 ibid)
- Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine (born October 31, 1722 in Kassel, † February 28, 1787 in Eutin ) ⚭ 1752 Duke Friedrich August von Oldenburg
- Christine Charlotte (born February 11, 1725 in Kassel, † June 4, 1782 ibid), canon of Herford Abbey since April 17, 1765 , and coadjutor of the Abbess of Herford since July 12, 1766
- Maria (born February 25, 1726 in Kassel, † March 14, 1727 ibid)
- Wilhelmine (1726–1808) ⚭ 1752 Prince Heinrich of Prussia
- Stillbirth (* / † October 1729 in Kassel)
- Elisabetha Sophia Louisa (born November 10, 1730 in Kassel, † February 4, 1731 ibid)
- Caroline Wilhelmina Sophia (born May 10, 1732 in Kassel, † May 22, 1759 in Zerbst ) ⚭ 1753 Prince Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst
ancestors
| Wilhelm V Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1602–1637) | |||||||||||||
| William VI. Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (1629–1663) | |||||||||||||
| Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg (1602–1651) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (1654–1730) | |||||||||||||
| Georg Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg (1595–1640) | |||||||||||||
| Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623–1683) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1597–1660) | |||||||||||||
| Maximilian of Hessen-Kassel | |||||||||||||
| Wilhelm Kettler Duke of Courland (1574–1640) | |||||||||||||
| Jakob Kettler Duke of Courland (1610–1682) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie of Prussia (1582–1610) | |||||||||||||
| Amalia of Courland (1653-1711) | |||||||||||||
| Georg Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg (1595–1640) | |||||||||||||
| Luise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617–1676) | |||||||||||||
| Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate | |||||||||||||
Note: Due to family marriages, the Brandenburg Elector Georg Wilhelm and his wife Elisabeth Charlotte are Maximilian's two-time great-grandparents.
Individual evidence
literature
- Eckhart G. Franz : The House of Hesse. Kohlhammer, 2005, ISBN 3-17-018919-0 , ISBN 978-3-17-018919-5 , p. 93.
- Hans Philippi: The Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel 1648–1806 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 46 = Kleine Schriften 8, Marburg 2007, pp. 45f. ISBN 978-3-7708-1303-2 .
Web links
- Hessen-Kassel, Maximilian Landgrave of. Hessian biography. (As of November 13, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hessen-Kassel, Maximilian von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1689 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1753 |
| Place of death | kassel |