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Ferdinand Heinrich Friedrich (26 April 1783 – 24 March 1866) was a German nobleman and the last landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Life Ferdinand on the Landgrafendenkmal monument on the Tannenwaldallee Coin of Ferdinand. He was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in 1783, the fifth of six sons born to Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his ...
- 8 September 1848 – 24 March 1866
- 24 March 1866 (aged 82), Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- 26 April 1783, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Homburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and a sovereign member of the German Confederation. It was formed into a separate landgraviate in 1622 by the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ; it was to be ruled by his son, although it did not become independent of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1668.
- 430 km² (170 sq mi)
- Bad Homburg
- Landgraviate
- German
Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1783-1866) 1854-64. Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2915289. Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022, Description. Photograph of Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg - a head-and-shoulders view, profile right. Vignette. Provenance. Acquired by Alexandra, Princess of Wales.
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Childhood and youth
Frederick was born in Homburg (the present Bad Homburg vor der Höhe), the seventh and youngest child of Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg, who died in 1638, leaving the children to be brought up under the care of their mother, Countess Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg. At his mother's wish Frederick was educated by private tutors together with the sons of his cousin, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, in Marburg. In 1648 he broke his leg and spent some time convalescing i...
Military career
Since his elder brothers preceded him in the succession, he decided on a military career and in 1654 became a colonel in the army of the King of Sweden, Charles X Gustav. In 1659 during the storming of Copenhagen during the Northern Wars Frederick was so seriously wounded that his lower right leg had to be amputated. He was promoted to major-general (Generalmajor) and from then on had a wooden leg. Frederick was chosen by Charles X as the Statthalter of Livonia, but after the king's death thi...
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
After leaving military service he lived as a Junker in Brandenburg. After the death of Georg Christian, his second eldest brother, who had mortgaged to Hesse-Darmstadt the landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg and the town of Homburg, Frederick redeemed them, and took up residence there himself. In 1681, after the death of his brother Landgrave Wilhelm Christoph of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick took over the governance of the territory as Frederick II. He was however forced to return the territory of Bing...
Frederick II was married three times: in 1661 to Countess Margarethe Brahe (1603–1669); in 1670 to Princess Louise Elisabeth of Courland (1646–1690); and in 1691 to Countess Sophie Sybille of Leiningen-Westerburg(1656–1724). Children by Countess Margarethe Brahe(1603–1669): none Children by Louise Elisabeth of Courland(1646–1690): 1. Charlotte Doro...
Frederick is the eponymous hero of the well-known German drama Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (in full, Prinz Friedrich von Homburg oder die Schlacht bei Fehrbellin) by Heinrich von Kleist(written 1809–1810, first published 1821). The character of the prince in the play however has little apart from the name in common with the historical personage. Th...
Ludwig Clemm (1961), "Friedrich II.", Neue Deutsche Biographie(in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 505–506Arthur Wyß (1877), "Friedrich II.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB)(in German), vol. 7, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 520–522Rosendorfer, Herbert, 1991: Der Prinz von Homburg: Biographie. München: Dtv ISBN 3-423-11448-7Gräf, Holger T: Der Held von Fehrbellin, in Die Zeit, 3/2008 of 10 Jan. 2008, p. 72Frederick II in the German National Librarycatalogue- 30 March 1633, Homburg
- Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- 23 January 1708 (aged 74), Homburg
- Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg
The landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg was a cadet, or junior, branch of the duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt. It was created by Duke Ludwig V for his younger brother Frederick in 1622.
Ferdinand Heinrich Friedrich (26 April 1783 - 24 March 1866) was a German nobleman and the last landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in 1783, the fifth of six sons born to Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife Caroline, eldest daughter of Louis IX...
Ferdinand Heinrich Friedrich von Hessen-Homburg: Date of death: 24 March 1866 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe: Place of burial
