| Frederick VI | |
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| Preceded by | Frederick V |
| Succeeded by | Louis William |
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| Born | 30 July 1769 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse[1] |
| Died | 2 April 1829 (aged 59) Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth of the United Kingdom |
Frederick VI (30 July 1769 – 2 April 1829) reigned as Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg from 1820 until his death in 1829.
Biography[]
Born in Homburg, Hesse, on 30 July 1769, Friedrich Joseph Ludwig Carl August[2] was the eldest son of the incumbent Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick V, and his wife Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, the eldest child of the then Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis IX.
Frederick was appointed a captain of the Russian cavalry in 1783 and was made an Austrian general during the Great French War.[2] For his services in that conflict, he was created a Commander of the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa.[2]
Despite the vocal objections of her mother, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederick married Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, the third daughter of King George III, in the Queen's House in the Mall (now integrated into Buckingham Palace) on 7 April 1818.[3] It was no love match: Elizabeth longed to be free from her domineering mother at any cost, while Frederick needed her sizeable dowry to improve the Landgraviate's strained finances.[4] As Elizabeth was over the age of 48 at the time of their marriage, this union produced no offspring.
Landgrave Frederick V died on 20 January 1820; Frederick succeeded him as monarch of the 221 km2 (85 sq mi) principality.[5] The new Landgrave struggled to repay his father's exorbitant debts.[6] Nine years into his reign, the Landgrave died of complications from a pre-existing leg wound.[7] He was succeeded by his brother, Louis William.
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References[]
- Fraser, Flora: Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III, John Murray, 2004, London, ISBN 0-7195-6108-6
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Darryl Lundy (31 July 2005). "Friedrich VI Joseph Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg". thepeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p10086.htm#i100858. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hesse-Homburg, Frederick Joseph Louis, Landgrave of Karl August.(Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950)" (in German). Austrian Academy of Sciences. 1959. http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl_2/305.pdf. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ↑ Fraser, p 306
- ↑ Fraser, pp. 304 - 305
- ↑ "Hesse-Homburg". webmap.geoinform.fh-mainz.de. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://webmap.geoinform.fh-mainz.de/hgisg/multi4/startTempl.php%3Fgliederung%3D2%26gebiet%3D15%26txtArea%3DThema&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhhQaXNDcn0W1UY88WHrekSMv5JCYw. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ↑ Fraser, p 324
- ↑ Fraser, p 351
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