Friedrich II of Hesse-Kassel
1720 - 1785 (65 years)
1. Friedrich II of Hesse-Kassel was born on 14 Aug 1720 (son of Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Kassel and Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz); died on 31 Oct 1785. Friedrich married Mary of Great Britain on 28 Jun 1740. Mary (daughter of George II of Hanover King of Britain and Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach) was born on 22 Feb 1723 in Leicester House; died on 14 Jan 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassel was born in 1743; died on 27 Feb 1821.
- Karl of Hessen-Kassel was born on 19 Dec 1744; died on 17 Aug 1836.
- Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel was born in 1747; died on 20 May 1837.
2. Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Kassel was born on 10 Mar 1682 in Kassel (son of Karl Landgarve of Hesse-Kassel and Marie Anna of Courland); died on 1 Feb 1760. Wilhelm married Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz on 27 Sep 1717 in Zeitz. Dorothea (daughter of Moritz Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Zeitz and Marie Amalie Princess of Brandenburg) was born on 20 Mar 1691 in Elster; died on 17 Mar 1743 in Kassel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz was born on 20 Mar 1691 in Elster (daughter of Moritz Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Zeitz and Marie Amalie Princess of Brandenburg); died on 17 Mar 1743 in Kassel. Children:
- 1. Friedrich II of Hesse-Kassel was born on 14 Aug 1720; died on 31 Oct 1785.
Generation: 3
4. Karl Landgarve of Hesse-Kassel was born on 3 Aug 1654 in Kassel (son of William VI The Just Landgarve of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg); died on 23 Mar 1730 in Kassel. Karl married Marie Anna of Courland on 21 May 1673 in Kassel. Marie was born in 1653 in Mitau; died on 16 Jun 1711 in Weilm?nster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Marie Anna of Courland was born in 1653 in Mitau; died on 16 Jun 1711 in Weilm?nster. Children:
- Frederick 1 Hesse-Kassel King of Sweden was born on 28 Apr 1676; died on 5 Apr 1751.
- 2. Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Kassel was born on 10 Mar 1682 in Kassel; died on 1 Feb 1760.
- Marie Luise Ldgvine of Hesse-Kassel was born on 7 Feb 1688 in Kassel; died on 9 Apr 1765 in Leeuwarden.
6. Moritz Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Zeitz was born in 1664 in Moritzburg (son of Moritz Duke of Saxe-Zeitz and Dorothea Marie Pss of Saxe-Weimar); died in 1718 in Weida. Moritz married Marie Amalie Princess of Brandenburg in 1689 in Potsdam. Marie (daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg and Dorothea of Holstein-Gl?cksburg) was born in 1670 in Berlin; died in 1739 in Schleusingen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Marie Amalie Princess of Brandenburg was born in 1670 in Berlin (daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg and Dorothea of Holstein-Gl?cksburg); died in 1739 in Schleusingen. Children:
- 3. Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz was born on 20 Mar 1691 in Elster; died on 17 Mar 1743 in Kassel.
Generation: 4
8. William VI The Just Landgarve of Hesse-Kassel was born on 23 May 1629 (son of William V The Constant Landgarve of Hesse-Kassel and Amalie Elisabeth Gfn of Hanau-M?nzenberg); died on 16 Jul 1663. William married Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg on 9 Jul 1649. Hedwig (daughter of Georg Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg and Elisabeth Charlotte Pfgfn Von Simmern) was born on 4 Jul 1623; died on 16 Jun 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg was born on 4 Jul 1623 (daughter of Georg Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg and Elisabeth Charlotte Pfgfn Von Simmern); died on 16 Jun 1683. Children:
- Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel was born on 27 Apr 1650; died on 27 Mar 1714.
- 4. Karl Landgarve of Hesse-Kassel was born on 3 Aug 1654 in Kassel; died on 23 Mar 1730 in Kassel.
- Philipp of Hesse-Philippsthal was born on 14 Dec 1655; died in 1721.
12. Moritz Duke of Saxe-Zeitz was born on 28 Mar 1619 in Dresden (son of John George I Wettin Elector of Saxony and Magdalene Sibylle (of Prussia) of Brandenberg); died on 4 Dec 1681 in Moritzburg. Moritz married Dorothea Marie Pss of Saxe-Weimar in 1656 in Weimar. Dorothea (daughter of Wilhelm "Der Grosse" Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau) was born on 14 Oct 1641; died on 11 Jun 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Dorothea Marie Pss of Saxe-Weimar was born on 14 Oct 1641 (daughter of Wilhelm "Der Grosse" Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau); died on 11 Jun 1675. Children:
- 6. Moritz Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Zeitz was born in 1664 in Moritzburg; died in 1718 in Weida.
14. Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg was born on 16 Feb 1620 (son of Georg Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg and Elisabeth Charlotte Pfgfn Von Simmern); died on 29 Apr 1688. Friedrich married Dorothea of Holstein-Gl?cksburg on 13 Jun 1668 in Schlo? Gr?ningen. Dorothea (daughter of Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Gl?cksburg and Sofie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg) was born on 3 Mar 1636 in Gl?cksburg; died on 6 Aug 1689 in Karlsbad. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Dorothea of Holstein-Gl?cksburg was born on 3 Mar 1636 in Gl?cksburg (daughter of Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Gl?cksburg and Sofie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg); died on 6 Aug 1689 in Karlsbad. Children:
- Philipp Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt was born on 19 May 1669; died on 19 Dec 1711.
- 7. Marie Amalie Princess of Brandenburg was born in 1670 in Berlin; died in 1739 in Schleusingen.
- Albrecht Friedrich Margve of Brandenburg-Schwedt was born in 1672; died in 1731.