Karl Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (17 June 1693, Nidda - 17 May 1707,

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) was a Prince of

Hesse-Darmstadt The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse betwee ...

Life

Charles William was the second son of

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Ernst Ludwig) (15 December 1667 – 12 September 1739) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His parents were Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Alte ...

(1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of

Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 September 1620 – 22 October 1667) was a German prince, who was Margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death. Life Born in Ansbach, Albert was the second son of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenb ...

. When Charles William was four years-old, his father appointed him

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of the newly created

Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) The Hessen-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment was created in 1697 in Gießen. * 1701-1714: Participation in the War of Spanish Succession * 1733-1735: Participation in the War of Polish Succession * 174 ...

. Two years later, the education of Charles William was handed over to

Johann Konrad Dippel Johann Konrad Dippel, also spelled Johann Conrad Dippel (10 August 1673 – 25 April 1734), was a German Pietist theologian, physician, alchemist and occultist. Life Dippel was born at Castle Frankenstein near Mühltal and Darmstadt, and theref ...

, where the Landgrave's family had fled before the advancing French troops. Karl Wilhelm died at the age of 13, during the

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. His younger brother Prince

Francis Ernest of Hessen-Darmstadt Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 25 January 1695 in Gießen; died: 8 January 1716 in Darmstadt) was a German nobleman. He was the third son of Count Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea C ...

took his place in the Regiment.

References

* August Justus Alexander Keim (1845–1926): ''Geschichte des Infanterie-Leibregiments Grossherzogin (3. Grossherzogl. hessisches) Nr. 117 und seiner Stämme 1677-1902'', Berlin, A. Bath, 1903
M1 Gold Stephan Schmidt: ''Johann Konrad Dippel (1673–1734)'', p. 147 ff.
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