William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1 April 1692 – 13 May 1761) was a member of the

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and was

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Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld This is a list of rulers of Hesse (german: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These rulers belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant,''Burke's Royal Families of the World ...

from 1721 to 1761.

Life

William was a younger son of Landgrave Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal from his marriage to Catherine Amalie (1654–1736), daughter of Count Karl Otto of

Solms-Laubach Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The House of SolmsSee German article on the ''House of Solms'' or French article '' Maison de Solms. had its origins in Solms, Hesse. History Solms-Laubach w ...

. Wilhelm founded the non-sovereign line Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld of the

in 1721, after the death of his father, who had left him

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and

Herleshausen Herleshausen is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Herleshausen lies north of a section of the boundary with Thuringia in the thickly wooded area between the Ringgau and the Thuringian Forest (ranges ...

in his will. Between 1690 and 1732 he built the baroque Wilhelmsburg Castle with three wings, which was named after him, in Barchfeld. He served in the Hessian army and later in the Dutch army. In 1732, he was appointed

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. In 1733, he was promoted to lieutenant general of the cavalry. In 1743, he led the Dutch troops in the

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. In 1744, he had to surrender Ypres to the French. He fought in the

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and defended

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and

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. In 1747 he was promoted

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He died in 1761, as governor of

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Marriage and issue

Charlotte Wilhelmine, Landgräfin von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

William married on 31 October 1724 in

Hoym Hoym () is a town and former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 15 July 2009, it is part of the town Seeland. Hoym is located on the river Selke, between the towns Aschersleben and Quedlinbu ...

with Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine (1704–1766), daughter of Prince Lebrecht of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, with whom he had the following children: * Charlotte (1725–1798) : married in 1765 Count Alfred August of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Waechtersbach (1717–1782) * William (1726–1726) *

Frederick Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ...

(1727–1777), who succeeded him as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld : married in 1772 Countess Sophie Henriette of Salm-Grumbach (1740–1800) * Philip (1728–1745) * Johanna Charlotte (1730–1799) * Caroline (1731–1808) * Ulrika Eleonora (1732–1795) : married in 1755 with Landgrave William of Hesse-Philippsthal (1726–1810) * Charles William (1734–1764) * Anna (1735–1785) : married in 1767 Count Adolph of Lippe-Detmold (1732–1800), son of Simon Henry Adolph of Lippe-Detmold * George (1737–1740) * Dorothea Marie (1738–1799) : married in 1764

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(1740–1816) * Christian (1740–1750) * Louis Frederick (1741–1741) * Adolph (1743–1803), Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld : married on 1781 to

Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen , title = Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld , image = Wilhelmine Luise Christiane, Landgräfin von Hessen-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.jpg , caption = , house = Saxe-Meiningen , father = Anton Ulrich, Duke o ...

(1752–1805) * August (1745–1745)

Ancestry

References

* Johann Samuel Ersch (ed.): ''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in alphabetischer ...'' p. 29
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