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It was not long before their riches outweighed those of their benefactor, William of Hesse-Kassel. In 1803, Landgrave William was created His Royal and Serene Highness The Prince-Elector of Hesse. In 1807 his electorate was annexed by the Kingdom of Westphalia, ruled by Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother.
Frederick II ( German: Landgraf Friedrich II von Hessen-Kassel) (14 August 1720 – 31 October 1785) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) from 1760 to 1785. He ruled as an enlightened despot, and raised money by renting soldiers ( called "Hessians") to Great Britain to help fight the American Revolutionary War.
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 ...
Born in Kassel, he was the son of William V (whom he succeeded) and his wife Amalie Elisabeth, Gräfin of Hanau-Münzenberg (daughter of Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg and his wife Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau ). His mother remained his guardian until he came of age. Despite Hesse-Kassel's defeat in the Thirty Years' War, William ...
22 de jun. de 2022 · Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Frederick II (de:Friedrich II. (Hessen-Kassel)) (14 August 1720 – 31 October 1785) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1760 to 1785. In 1740 Frederick married Princess Mary of Great Britain, daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. They had four sons: William (born and died 1742)
17 de jul. de 2019 · On October 31, 1785, Friedrich II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel died suddenly from a stroke at the age of 65 at Castle Wessenstein (now known as Castle Wilhelmshöhe) in Kassel in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, now in Hesse, Germany. He left behind for his son and successor, Wilhelm IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, a developed economy and a full ...
Frederick I ( Swedish: Fredrik I; 28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751) was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the throne following the death of his brother-in-law absolutist Charles XII in the Great Northern War, and the ...
