Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel

Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Portrait by Carl Gustaf Pilo, c. 1765
Born(1747-09-11)11 September 1747
Kassel
Died20 May 1837(1837-05-20) (aged 89)
Rumpenheim Castle, Kassel
Spouse
(m. 1786; died 1823)
IssuePrince William
Prince Karl Friedrich
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Prince Ludwig Karl
Prince Georg Karl
Luise, Baroness George von der Decken
Marie, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge
HouseHesse-Cassel
FatherFrederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
MotherPrincess Mary of Great Britain

Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (11 September 1747 – 20 May 1837) was a younger member of the ruling dynasty of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and a Danish general.

He was born as the youngest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (the future Landgrave Frederick II) and Princess Mary of Great Britain. He was the last surviving legitimate grandchild of George II of Great Britain, dying one month before Queen Victoria (granddaughter of his first cousin King George III) ascended to the throne.[1]

  1. ^ The last grandchild of George II was Karl August Ludwig (1792-1883), son of Johann Ludwig, who was one of the King's illegitimate offspring.