Frederick V | |
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Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | |
Reign | 7 February 1751 – 20 January 1820 |
Predecessor | Frederick IV |
Successor | Frederick VI |
Born | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | 30 January 1748
Died | 20 January 1820 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | (aged 71)
Spouse | |
Issue | Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Caroline, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louise, Princess Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Amalie, Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau Auguste, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Maria Anna, Princess William of Prussia Prince Leopold |
House | Hesse |
Father | Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg |
Mother | Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels |
Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
He was born under Europe's Ancien Regime but lived to see the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, the rise and fall of Napoleon I, the Congress of Vienna and its establishment of a new geopolitical order in Europe and Germany. Unlike his predecessors and successors, he was not keen on war and instead became one of the patrons of German Geistesgeschichte, corresponding with Lavater and Klopstock and visiting Voltaire, D’Alembert and Albrecht von Haller. He was caustic, conservative but popular with his people.