''Alexis'' William Ernest Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (; 13 September 1829 in
Burgsteinfurt
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Geography
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– 16 August 1905 in
Herleshausen) was the last ruling
Landgrave of
Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.
Life
Alexis was a son of the Landgrave
Charles
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of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1784-1854) from his second marriage to
Sophie (1794-1873), the daughter of
Louis William Geldricus Ernest, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt. He succeeded his father in 1854 as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.
Alexis was a Prussian
General of the Cavalry à la suite. From 1866, he was a member of the
Prussian House of Lords and a Knight of the Prussian
Order of the Black Eagle.
Prussia annexed the
Electorate of Hesse, including Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, in 1866. From 1880, Alexis and
Ernest of Hesse-Philippsthal together received, as heirs of the Landgraves of Philippsthal, a pension of from the
Electorate of Hesse Trust Fund. They were also given three castles: the
City Castle in
Hanau
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,
Rotenburg Castle and
Schönfeld Castle in
Kassel.
On 17 June 1854, Alexis married at
Charlottenburg Palace to
Princess Louise of Prussia (1829-1901), the elder daughter of
Prince Charles of Prussia and his wife,
Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. The marriage remained childless and ended with a divorce on 6 March 1861.
Death
Wilhelm died on 16 August 1905 in
Herleshausen,
Hesse,
Germany
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. He was succeeded as titular Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld by his nephew
Chlodwig
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Etymology
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(1876-1954), the son of his brother
William
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(1831-1890).
Ancestors
References
''Preußisches Jahrbuch.'' Dritter Jahrgang, Berlin 1863, S. 191
Landgraves of Hesse
Members of the Prussian House of Lords
House of Hesse
1829 births
1905 deaths
19th-century German people
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