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Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

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Gender
Male
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Place of birth
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse
Place of death
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse
Age
72 years
Family
Mother:
Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels
Father:
Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Spouse:
Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
Children:
Frederick VI Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Louis William Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Caroline of Hesse-Homburg Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg Philip Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg Gustav Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Ferdinand Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Leopold of Hesse-Homburg Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg Landgravine Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg
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Biography

Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was the son of Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels (1731–1792), daughter of Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.

In 1768 he married Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt. The couple had 15 children, of whom the following 11 survived to adulthood:

  • Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769–1829); married in 1818 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840), a daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom.
  • Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1770–1839); married in 1804 Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen (1778–1846), divorced 1805.
  • Landgravine Ulrike Louise Karoline of Hesse-Homburg (1771–1854); married in 1791 Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767–1807).
  • Landgravine Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg (1772–1854); married in 1793 Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1771–1825).
  • Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg (1774–1846); married in 1792 Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769–1814).
  • Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg (1776–1871); married in 1818 Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819).
  • Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1779–1846); married (morganatically) in 1838 Rosalie Antonie, Baroness Schimmelpfennig von der Oye, née Pototschnig (1806–1845), "Countess of Naumburg".
  • Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1781–1848); married in 1818 Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1798–1858).
  • Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1783–1866)
  • Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785–1846); married in 1804 Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia (1783–1851)
  • Landgrave Leopold of Hesse-Homburg (1787–1813); killed at the Battle of Großgörschen.

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