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Frederick I (1676 –1751) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720 and King of Sweden from 1720. Founder of the Order of the Seraphim and the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Polar Star in 1748. Married firstly Luise Dorothea of Prussia (1680 – 1705) daughter of Frederick I, King in Prussia and secondly ...
Wilhelm Böttner trained in Kassel with Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, travelling during the 1770s to Paris and Rome, where he was inspired by the work of Raphael. He was invited back in 1781 by Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel, and after a further brief stay in Paris, he worked for the rest of his life in the service of the court in Kassel, enjoying great success as a portrait and history ...
Having sold soldiers to the British, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel used his riches to build the world's first public museum building, which was to stand on the recently laid out parade square in Kassel.
Hesse-Kassel: Louise Dorothea of Prussia 31 May 1700 Berlin no children Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden 24 March 1715 Stockholm no children: Also King of Sweden. Left no heirs. Hesse-Kassel under the regency of his brother, William, later Landgrave William VIII. Christian: 17 July 1689: 1731–1755: 21 October 1755: Hesse-Wanfried
Wilhelm Böttner trained in Kassel with Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, travelling during the 1770s to Paris and Rome, where he was inspired by the work of Raphael. He was invited back in 1781 by Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel, and after a further brief stay in Paris, he worked for the rest of his life in the service of the court in Kassel, enjoying great success as a portrait and history ...
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), succeeded as landgrave on William IV's death in 1592. In addition William had a few illegitimate children. Most significant and favored among these was Philipp von Cornberg (1553–1616), William's son by Elisabeth Wallenstein. Philipp was ennobled by his father and became the ...
Maurice was born in Kassel as the son of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and of his wife Sabine of Württemberg . Although Maurice had been raised in the Lutheran faith, he converted to Calvinism in 1605. On the principle Cuius regio eius religio, Maurice's subjects were also required to convert to Calvinism.
