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William III "the Younger", Landgrave of Hesse (8 September 1471 – 17 February 1500) ruled on the part of the county known as Upper Hesse, with residence in Marburg. William was the son of Landgrave Henry III from the House of Hesse and his wife Anna of Katzenelnbogen.
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He was the eldest son of Frederick William George Adolph of Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim and his second wife Princess Anna of Prussia. His father's first wife was Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia but she died in childbirth delivering a son who also died. From his parents marriage, his siblings were Princess Elisab...
His father died in 1884, and he inherited the title of Landgrave which provided an allowance of £25,000 a year from the German government in addition to his extensive estates in Holstein and Hesse Castle.
Frederick William III died on 14 October 1888 during a trip aboard the steamship Volga from Batavia to Singapore. He was traveling with Barons von Hugo, von Trott and von der Schulenburg.According to his obituary he died: As was not married and had no children, he was succeeded by his brother, Alexander Frederick, who was an accomplished musician d...
He received the following awards: 1. Grand Duchy of Hesse: 1.1. Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 10 September 1871 1.2. Knight of the Golden Lion, 12 October 1875 2. Kingdom of Prussia: 2.1. Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar, 26 January 1877 2.2. Grand Cross of the Red Eagle 2.3. Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order, 18 February 1880 3. Du...
- 15 October 1854, Copenhagen
- Princess Anna of Prussia
William I (IX) (1743 – 1821) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Elector of Hesse from 1803 to 1806 and from 1813. 1806 annexed by the Kingdom of Westphalia, 1813 restored. Grandmaster of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Grandmaster of the Pour la vertu militaire. Founder and Grandmaster of the Order of the Iron Helmet in 1814.
William III "the Younger", Landgrave of Hesse ruled on the part of the county known as Upper Hesse, with residence in Marburg.
1806–1918. Louis I (1753 –1830) Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Louis I (X) (1753 –1830) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1814. Founder and Grandmaster of the Ludwig Order in 1807. Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Knight of the Order of St. Andrew.
Frederick William (III), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl, 15 October 1854 – 14 October 1888) was (titular) Elector of Hesse-Kassel.