Brief Life History of Karl I
When Landgraf Karl I von Hessen-Kassel was born on 3 August 1654, in Kassel, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany, his father, Landgraf William VI von Hessen-Kassel , the Just, was 25 and his mother, Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg, was 31. He married Princess Maria Amalia Kettler of Courland on 21 May 1673, in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 23 March 1730, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Kassel, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany.
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- Karl von Hessen-Kassel, "Find A Grave Index"
- WIKIPEDIA: KARL LANDGRAF VON HESSEN-KASSEL
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Name Meaning
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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