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Leopold Victor Friedrich of Hesse-Homburg (10 February 1787 – 2 May 1813) was a prince of
He was born in Homburg, the youngest of the fifteen children born to 
Leopold fell at the head of the Prussian Guard at Großgörschen – his adjutant
Leopold Victor Friedrich of Hesse-Homburg (10 February 1787 – 2 May 1813) was a prince of Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Homburg 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. It was briefly divided into Hesse-Homburg and ...
.
Life
He was born in Homburg, the youngest of the fifteen children born to Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
He was born under Europe's Ancie ...
and his wife Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, eldest daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Ludwig) (15 December 1719 – 6 April 1790) was the reigning Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 to 1790.
Louis IX and his wife became the most recent common ancestors of all current European monarchs ...
. He and all five of his brothers fought in the Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
, leading Napoleon to complain "Everywhere I find a Homburg!"
Leopold fell at the head of the Prussian Guard at Großgörschen – his adjutant Ernst August Moritz von Froelich
Ernst August Moritz von Froelich (13 January 1787 – 25 October 1858) was an officer in the Prussian Army during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, rising to lieutenant general and commander of 3rd Cavalry Brigade. He was b ...
heard his last words as "Don't leave me under the French!". Von Froelich recovered his body and got it back to Leopold's sister Marianne
Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
Marianne is displayed i ...
. She erected a simple iron monument to him, whose inscription translates as "Here lies Prince Leopold of Hesse-Homburg. illed2 May 1813". She also set up a monument near the battle site, known as the Hesse-Homburg Monument. The street of Leopoldsweg in Bad Homburg is named after him, whilst the Gothic House there held an exhibition on the bicentenary of his death from 1 May to 28 August 2013. Exhibition catalogue, ''Der tote Prinz: Leopold von Hessen-Homburg 1813 und 1913.'' Imhof, Petersberg 2013, .
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{{Authority control 1787 births 1813 deaths House of Hesse-Homburg Military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars German commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Sons of monarchs