William Christoph | |
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Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg | |
Reign | 1643-1669 |
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg-Bingenheim | |
Reign | 1669-1681 |
Born | Ober-Rosbach | 13 November 1625
Died | 27 August 1681 Bingenheim | (aged 55)
Spouse | Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg |
Father | Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg |
Mother | Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg |
William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg (13 November 1625, Ober-Rosbach – 27 August 1681, then in Bingenheim, now in Echzell) was the second Landgraf of Hesse-Homburg (then known as "Landgraf of Bingenheim") during 1648–1669.
He was the third (second surviving) of five sons of Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and succeeded his brother Ludwig I as Landgrave in 1643, but his mother was regent until 1648.