Friedrich II, Landgrave o Hesse-Kassel
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| Friedrich II | |
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 Portrait bi Johann Heinrich Tischbein | |
| Landgrave o Hesse-Kassel | |
| Ring | 1 Februar 1760 – 31 October 1785 |
| Predecessor | William VIII |
| Successor | William IX |
| Born | 14 August 1720 Kassel |
| Dee'd | 31 October 1785 (aged 65) Kassel |
| Spouse | Princess Mary o Great Breetain (1740 - 1772) Margravine Philippine o Brandenburg-Schwedt (1773) |
| Issue | Prince William William I, Elector o Hesse Prince Charles Prince Frederick |
| Hoose | Hesse |
| Faither | William VIII, Landgrave o Hesse-Kassel |
| Mither | Princess Dorothea Wilhelmina o Saxe-Zeitz |
| Releegion | Roman Catholicism, prev. Calvinism |
Friedrich II, Landgrave o Hesse-Kassel (14 August 1720 – 31 October 1785) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) frae 1760 tae 1785. He ruled as an enlightened despot, and raised money by renting soldiers (cried "Hessians") tae Great Breetain tae help fight the American Revolutionary War. He combined Enlightenment ideas with Christian values, cameralist plans for central control o the economy, and a militaristic approach toward international diplomacy.[1]
First mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 8 Mey 1740, bi proxy in London, an on 28 Juin 1740 in person in Kassel, Frederick mairit Princess Mary, dochteer o Keeng George II o Great Breetain an Caroline o Ansbach. Thay haed issue.
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Wilhelm (25 December 1741 – 1 Julie 1742)
- William I, Elector o Hesse (3 Juin 1743 – 27 Februar 1821)
- Karl (19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836)
- Frederick (11 September 1747 – 20 Mey 1837), faither o Prince William o Hesse-Kassel an grandfaither o Queen Louise o Denmark.
Seicont mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
Mary deed in 1772, an on 10 Januar 1773, at Berlin, he mairit Margravine Philippine, dochter o Friedrich Wilhelm, Margrave o Brandenburg-Schwedt an Sophia Dorothea o Proushie. Thay haed nae issue.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Charles W. Ingrao, The Hessian Mercenary State: Ideas, Institutions, and Reform under Frederick II, 1760–1785 (2003)
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