Frederick I of Hesse-Homburg (5 March 1585, at
Lichtenberg Castle in
Fischbachtal – 9 May 1638, in
Bad Homburg
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (, ) is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg ...
), was the first Landgrave of
Hesse-Homburg
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and founder of the eponymous family line.
Life
Frederick was the youngest son of Count
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of
Hesse-Darmstadt
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(1547–1596) from his first marriage to
Magdalene (1552–1587), daughter of Count
VIII Bernhard of Lippe.
Frederick did not have any rights to inherit, because in Hesse-Darmstadt
primogeniture
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had been introduced properly. Nevertheless, Frederick received in 1622 an
apanage
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consisting of the City and
district
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of Homburg, as well as a one-off payment plus an annual sum. He was not considered a sovereign prince, but fell under the sovereignty of Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1626, he introduced primogeniture in Hesse-Homburg.
One of his sons was
Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg, better known as ''The Prince of Homburg''.
Marriage and issue
Frederick I married on 10 August 1622 in
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 Jun ...
with
Margaret Elisabeth (1604–1667), daughter of
Count Christopher of Leiningen-Westerburg. They had the following children:
* Louis Philippe ( 22 December, 1623 – 26 August, 1643) Never married or had issue.
* George ( 2 March, 1624 – 2 March, 1624) Died young
*
William Christoph (1625–1681), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
: married firstly in 1650 Princess
Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1634–1663)
: married secondly in 1665 Princess
Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg (1624–1688)
*
George Christian (1626–1677)
: married in 1666 Anna Catherine of Pogwisch, widow of von Ahlefeldt (1633–1694)
*
Anna Margaret
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Early life
Anna Margaret Collins was born in Lecomp ...
(1629–1686)
: married in 1650 Duke
Philip Louis of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1620–1689)
*
Frederick II (1633–1708), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, better known as ''The Prince of Homburg''
: married firstly in 1661 Countess
Margareta Brahe
Margareta Abrahamsdotter Brahe (28 June 1603, Rydboholm – 15 May 1669, Weferlingen) was a Swedish aristocrat and court official, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She aroused a lot of attentio ...
(1603–1669), widow of
Johan Oxenstierna
Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (24 June 1611 – 5 December 1657) was a Count and a Swedish statesman.
Biography
The son of Lord High Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, he was born in Stockholm. He completed his studies at Uppsala in 16 ...
: married secondly in 1670 Princess
Louise Elisabeth of Courland
Louise Elisabeth of Courland (12 August 1646 in Jelgava – 16 December 1690 in Weferlingen) was Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
Life
Louise Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Jacob of Co ...
(1646–1690)
: married thirdly in 1691 Countess Sophia Sibylle of Leiningen-Westerburg, widow of the Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1656–1724)
References
*Karl Wenzeslaus Rodecker von Rotteck
''Staats-lexikon oder Encyclopädie der Staatswissenschaften'' p. 739*Claudia Tietz
''Johann Winckler (1642–1705)'' p. 114
External links
* ''Friedrich'', in:
Heinrich August Pierer, Julius Löbe (eds.): ''
:de:Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit'', fourth ed., vol. 6, pp. 722–740
Online at zeno.org
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House of Hesse-Homburg
1585 births
1638 deaths
Landgraves of Hesse
17th-century German people