Prince Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt explained

Prince Charles William
Prince of Karl Wilhelm Hesse-Darmstadt and Obrist
Birth Date:17 June 1693
Birth Place:Nidda, Hesse-Darmstadt
Death Place:Gießen, Hesse-Darmstadt
House:House of Hesse-Darmstadt
Father:Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother:Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Karl Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (17 June 1693, Nidda - 17 May 1707, Gießen) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Life

Charles William was the second son of Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.[1]

When Charles William was four years-old, his father appointed him Colonel of the newly created Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment. Two years later, the education of Charles William was handed over to Johann Konrad Dippel in Gießen, where the Landgrave's family had fled before the advancing French troops.

Karl Wilhelm died at the age of 13, during the War of Spanish Succession. His younger brother Prince Francis Ernest of Hessen-Darmstadt took his place in the Regiment.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans. Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living . 1768. Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. Bourdeaux. fr. 67.