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Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, second daughter of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, and his wife, Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, was born at Hanau, Hesse-Kassel. Through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of George II of Great Britain. Her father's older brother was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
Sep 5, 2023 · House of Nassau-Usingen House of Hesse-Kassel: Father Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen: Mother Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg: Born 4 April 1762 Biebrich, Nassau-Usingen: Died 17 August 1823
Louis William (1770–1839), married Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen (1778–1846), divorced in 1805 Caroline (1771–1854), married Prince Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767–1807)
Princess Caroline of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Heidersheim (1734-1810) married Charles William, prince of Nassau-Usingen, in 1760. She was the great-grandmother of Queen Mary, wife of George V, who inherited this miniature from her mother, Mary Adelaide, duchess of Cambridge, in 1897.The miniature is set in a gold bracelet, originally together with a portrait of her husband, Prince Charles William ...
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.
Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (1762–1823) Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel. Name variations: Caroline Polyxena of Nassau-Usingen. Born Caroline Polyxene on April 4, 1762; died on March 28, 1823; daughter of Charles William, prince of Nassau-Usingen, and Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Heidesheim (b. 1734); married Frederick III, landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, on December 2, 1786; children: eight ...
Frederick II ( German: Landgraf Friedrich II von Hessen-Kassel) (14 August 1720 – 31 October 1785) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) from 1760 to 1785. He ruled as an enlightened despot, and raised money by renting soldiers ( called "Hessians") to Great Britain to help fight the American Revolutionary War.
