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   Who was the Elector of Hesse?

   • William II ( German: Wilhelm II; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse. William was the eldest surviving son of William I, Elector of Hesse and Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway. With the Hessian troops, he was involved in the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon in 1813.

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   What happened to the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel?

   • The elector, Frederick William, full of grievances against Prussia, threw in his lot with Austria; the electorate was at once overrun with Prussian troops; Kassel was occupied (20 June); and the Elector was taken as a prisoner to Stettin. By the Peace of Prague, Hesse-Kassel was annexed to Prussia.

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   Who was Prince William of Hesse?

   • He was the son of Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Anna of Prussia. From 1888 to 1925 he was Head of the electoral line of the House of Hesse, but abdicated his position to his brother Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse.

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   Why was William IX important to Hesse-Kassel?

   • The reign of the Landgrave William IX was an important epoch in the history of Hesse-Kassel. Ascending the throne in 1785, he took part in the War of the First Coalition against French First Republic a few years later, but in 1795 the Peace of Basel was signed.

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   William II ( German: Wilhelm II; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse. [1] Early life. William was the eldest surviving son of William I, Elector of Hesse and Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway. With the Hessian troops, he was involved in the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon in 1813.

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   The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel originated in 1567 with the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse between the heirs of Philip I of Hesse ("the Magnanimous") after his death. Philip's eldest son, William IV, received Hesse-Kassel, which comprised about half the area of the Landgraviate of Hesse, including the capital, Kassel.

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   Contents. William II. elector of Hesse-Kassel. Learn about this topic in these articles: rule of Hesse-Kassel. In Hesse-Kassel. …William I and his successor William II (reigned 1821–47) were reactionaries who overturned the liberal reforms made in Hesse-Kassel previously by the French.

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   Biography. Early life. Marriage. Reign. Issue. See also. Ancestry. References. External links. William I, Elector of Hesse (German: Wilhelm I., Kurfürst von Hessen; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II .

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   William II ( German: Wilhelm II; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse.

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   William II, Elector of Hesse (German language: Wilhelm II, Kurfürst von Hessen; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse. [1] Contents. 1 Biography. 1.1 Marriage and issue. 1.2 Morganatic marriages. 2 Titles, styles, honours and arms. 2.1 Titles and styles. 3 Ancestry. 4 Footnotes. 5 Sources. 6 External links. Biography

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   William II (German: Wilhelm II; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William II, Elector of Hesse has received more than 145,392 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019).