Landgrave Charles August Ludwig Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (27 June 1784 in

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– 17 July 1854 in

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) was a member of the

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and was the ruling

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from 1803 to 1806 and from 1813 until his death.

Life

Charles was a son of the Landgrave Adolph of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1743-1803) from his marriage to

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(1752-1805 ), the daughter of the Duke Anton Ulrich of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1803, he succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. In 1806, Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was annexed by the

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. After

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had been defeated in the

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, Charles was restored as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld under the supremacy of the

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. Charles served in the Prussian and later joined the Russian army. He fought on the Russian side in the

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, in particular in the

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. After he retired from the Russian military service, he joined the Hessain army, where he was promoted to

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in 1836. He later lived at Augustenau Castle in

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Marriage and issue

Charles first married on 19 Jul 1816, in

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, to Auguste of

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(1793-1821), the daughter of Prince

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, with whom he had the following children: * Bertha (1818-1888), married in 1839 Prince Louis of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1812-1890) * Emily (1821-1836) He married his second wife on 10 September 1823 in

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. She was Princess Sophie of

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(1794-1873), the daughter of Prince

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, with whom he had the following children: * Victor (1824-1846) * Alexander (1826-1841) *

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(1829-1905), Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld : married in 1854 to

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(1829-1901), divorced in 1861 *

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(1831-1890), married: *# in 1857

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to Princess

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(1839-1917), divorced in 1872 *# in 1873 to Princess Juliane of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1842-1878), had issue including Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld *# in 1879 to Princess Adelheid of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1840-1880) *# in 1884 to Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1844-1932), they were the parents of

Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (''Christian Ludwig Friedrich Adolf Alexis Wilhelm Ferdinand''; 16 June 1887 – 19 October 1971) was a member of the House of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and a German naval officer until he resi ...

Ancestors

References

* Johann Samuel Ersch (ed.)
''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer ...'', p. 297
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