William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg (13 November 1625, Ober-Rosbach – 27 August 1681, then in Bingenheim, now in

Echzell Echzell is a municipality in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approximately 35 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populo ...

) was the second Landgraf 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 H ...

(then known as "Landgraf of Bingenheim") during 1648–1669. He was the third (second surviving) of five sons of

Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg (5 March 1585, at Lichtenberg Castle in Fischbachtal – 9 May 1638, in Bad Homburg), was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and founder of the eponymous family line. Life Frederick was the youngest son of Count ...

, and succeeded his brother Ludwig I as Landgrave in 1643, but his mother was regent until 1648.

Life

In 1669, he sold Homburg to his younger brother George Christian, but retained Bingenheim (Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg-Bingenheim). George Christian died without heirs, and their youngest brother succeeded as Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. In

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...

on 21 April 1650 William Christoph married firstly Princess Sophia Eleonore, daughter of

George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, german: Georg II von Hessen-Darmstadt (17 March 1605, in Darmstadt – 11 June 1661) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 to 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V and Magdalene of Brandenburg. He married Sop ...

. George II was his first cousin, as both were grandsons of

George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt George I of Hesse-Darmstadt (10 September 1547 – 7 February 1596) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567 to 1596. Early life Born on 10 September 1547 in Kassel, he was the fourth son of Philip I the Magnanimous of Hesse and his wife ...

. They had 12 children, but only three survived infancy:''Wilhelm Christoph Landgraf v.Hessen-Homburg'' in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan
etrieved 17 November 2014 *Frederick, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (Darmstadt, 12 March 1651 - Homburg v.d.Höhe, 27 July 1651). * Christine Wilhelmine (Bingenheim, 30 June 1653 – Grabow, 16 May 1722), married

Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Grabow, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (13 February 1638, Schwerin – 28 April 1688, Grabow) Life He was the son of Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his second wife Marie Katharina (1616-1665), dau ...

. *

Leopold George, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Leopold may refer to: People * Leopold (given name) * Leopold (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons'' * Leopold Bloom, the protagonist o ...

(Bingenheim, 25 October 1654 – Schloss Gravenstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 26 February 1675), died unmarried. *Frederick (Bingenheim, 5 September 1655 - Bingenheim, 6 September 1655). *William (Bingenheim, 13 August 1656 - Bingenheim, 4 September 1656). *Stillborn son (23 June 1657). *Charles William (Bingenheim, 6 May 1658 - Bingenheim, 13 December 1658). *Philipp (Bingenheim, 20 June 1659 - Bingenheim, 6 October 1659). *Magdalene Sophie (Bingenheim, 24 April 1660 – Braunfels, 22 March 1720), married William Maurice, Count of

Solms-Braunfels Solms-Braunfels was a County and later Principality with Imperial immediacy in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany. Solms-Braunfels was a partition of Solms, ruled by the House of Solms, and was raised to a Principality of th ...

; among their children:

Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels (10 November 1690 in Greifenstein – 16 October 1771 in Homburg) was a Countess of Solms-Braunfels by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg. Life Christine Charlotte was a daughter of Co ...

and

Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels (11 January 1696 in Braunfels – 24 February 1761, Braunfels) was the first Fürst, Prince of Solms-Braunfels. He was the son of Count Wilhelm Moritz of Solms-Braunfels (1651–1724) and his wife Prince ...

. *Stillborn son (7 June 1661). *Frederick William (Bingenheim, 29 November 1662 - Homburg, 5 March 1663). *Stillborn son (7 October 1663). In

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

on 2 April 1665 William Christoph married secondly Princess Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg, a daughter of Duke

Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ratzeburg, 17 February 1577 – 18 January 1656, Lauenburg upon Elbe) was Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1619 and 1656. He was a son of Duke Francis II and his first wife Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast, daughter of Phi ...

. In 1672 they were divorced and Anna Elisabeth retired to and later died in Philippseck Castle in today's

Butzbach Butzbach () is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hessen, Germany. It is located approximately 16 km south of Gießen and 35 km north of Frankfurt am Main. In 2007, the town hosted the 47th Hessentag state festival from 1 to 10 June ...

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