Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
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Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld is the current head of the branch of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, one of the two remaining branches of the House of Hesse
.
, Hesse-Nassau, Germany
, eldest child of Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1905–1942), (son of Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and Princess Caroline of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich) and his wife, Princess Marianne of Prussia
(1913–1983), (daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
). Through his mother he is descendant of King Frederick William III of Prussia
and King William I of the Netherlands
.
Wilhelm descends from the House of Hesse
branch of Hesse-Philippsthal, that was created from the branch of Hesse-Kassel
at the death of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
in 1663, his younger son Philip was created Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal. At the death of Landgrave Philip, the branch of Hesse-Philippsthal was again divided into Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, his younger son William
became the Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. This two landgraviates were annexed by Prussia
in 1866. The main branch (Hesse-Philippsthal) became extinct in the male line in 1925, thus making the Barchfeld branch the only surviving one of the Hesse-Philippsthal line.
to Oda-Mathilde von Garmissen (born 1935), daughter of Hilmar von Garmissen, and his wife, Baroness Oda von Houwald.
They had two sons:
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...
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Early life and family
Wilhelm was born at HerleshausenHerleshausen
-Location:Herleshausen lies north of a section of the boundary with Thuringia in the thickly wooded area between the Ringgau and the Thuringian Forest with the Thuringian Forest Nature Park in the southeast...
, Hesse-Nassau, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, eldest child of Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1905–1942), (son of Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and Princess Caroline of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich) and his wife, Princess Marianne of Prussia
Princess Marianne of Prussia
Princess Marianne of Prussia was a member of the House of Hohenzollern, daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia.-Early life:Marianne was born at Kamieniec Palace in Kamenz, Kingdom of Prussia, third daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia , and his...
(1913–1983), (daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of Victor II, Duke of Ratibor, and his wife, Countess Maria Breunner-Enkevoirth.-Issue:...
). Through his mother he is descendant of King Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:...
and King William I of the Netherlands
William I of the Netherlands
William I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
.
Wilhelm descends from the House of Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...
branch of Hesse-Philippsthal, that was created from the branch of Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...
at the death of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , known as William the Just, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1637 to 1663.-Life:...
in 1663, his younger son Philip was created Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal. At the death of Landgrave Philip, the branch of Hesse-Philippsthal was again divided into Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, his younger son William
William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was a member of the House of Hesse and was Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld from 1721 to 1761.- Life :...
became the Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. This two landgraviates were annexed by Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
in 1866. The main branch (Hesse-Philippsthal) became extinct in the male line in 1925, thus making the Barchfeld branch the only surviving one of the Hesse-Philippsthal line.
Marriage
Wilhelm married 5 August 1961 at Friedrichshausen, Frankenberg, HesseFrankenberg, Hesse
Frankenberg an der Eder is a town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany.The mountain at a ford over the Eder north of the Burgwald range was for a long time a fortified place, playing an especially important rôle under the Franks in the Saxon Wars...
to Oda-Mathilde von Garmissen (born 1935), daughter of Hilmar von Garmissen, and his wife, Baroness Oda von Houwald.
They had two sons:
- Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (b. 1 January 1963), married in 2002 to Susanne von Kaufmann, had issue.
- Prince Otto of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (b. 19 January 1965), married in 1998 to Clara Blickhauser, had issue.
Ancestry
Patrilineal descent
Descent before Gilbert I, Count of the Maasgau is taken from http://fabpedigree.com/s072/f560414.htm and may be inaccurate.- Brunulf I, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
- Aubri I, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
- Walter I, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
- Walter II, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
- Albo, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
- Mainer, Count of Sens, d. 800
- Gainfroi, Count of the Maasgau,
- Gilbert I, Count of the Maasgau, d. 842
- Gilbert II, Count of the Maasgau, 825–875
- Reginar, Duke of LorraineReginar, Duke of LorraineReginar I Longneck was the Duke of Lorraine from 910 until his death. He stands at the head of the clan of Reginarids, an important Lotharingian noble family....
, 850–915 - Reginar II, Count of Hainaut, 890–932
- Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, 920–973
- Lambert I, Count of Leuven, 950–1015
- Lambert II, Count of LeuvenLambert II, Count of LeuvenLambert II was count of Leuven between 1033 and 1054. Lambert was the son of Lambert I of Leuven .According the he followed his brother Henry I of Leuven....
, d. 1054 - Henry II, Count of LeuvenHenry II, Count of LeuvenHenry II was Count of Leuven from 1054 through 1071. Henry II was the son of Lambert II, Count of Leuven and Oda of Verdun. His maternal uncles included Pope Stephen X and Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lorraine....
, 1020–1078 - Godfrey I, Count of Leuven, 1060–1139
- Godfrey II, Count of Leuven, 1187–1226
- Godfrey III, Count of Leuven, 1140–1190
- Henry I, Duke of BrabantHenry I, Duke of BrabantHenry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous" Duke of Brabant and Duke of Lower Lotharingia until his death.-Biography:...
, 1165–1235 - Henry II, Duke of BrabantHenry II, Duke of BrabantHenry II of Brabant was Duke of Brabant and Lothier after the death of his father Henry I in 1235...
, 1207–1248 - Henry I, Landgrave of HesseHenry I, Landgrave of HesseHenry I of Hesse "the Child" was the first Landgrave of Hesse. He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia.-Life:...
, 1244–1308 - Otto I, Landgrave of HesseOtto I, Landgrave of HesseOtto I of Hesse , Landgrave of Hesse.He was a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Following the death of his father in 1308, he inherited Upper Hesse, the "Land on the Lahn", which included Marburg, Giessen, Grünberg and Alsfeld...
, 1272–1328 - Louis the Junker, Landgrave of Hesse, 1305–1345
- Hermann II, Landgrave of HesseHermann II, Landgrave of HesseHermann II of Hesse was Landgrave of Hesse from 1376 to 1413.Hermann II, called "the Learned" was born in 1345 in Grebenstein castle, the son of Louis the Junker. He studied in Paris and in Prague. After the death of Otto, the intended heir to the throne, Henry II appointed his own nephew...
, 1341–1413 - Louis I, Landgrave of HesseLouis I, Landgrave of HesseLouis I of Hesse , called "the Peaceful" was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1413-1458....
, 1402–1458 - Louis II, Landgrave of HesseLouis II, Landgrave of HesseLouis II of Hesse , called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1458 - 1471....
, 1438–1471 - William II, Landgrave of HesseWilliam II, Landgrave of HesseWilliam II was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500....
, 1469–1509 - Philip I, Landgrave of HessePhilip I, Landgrave of HessePhilip I of Hesse, , nicknamed der Großmütige was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany....
, 1504–1567 - William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselWilliam IV, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselWilliam IV of Hesse-Kassel , also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel . He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this day.-Life:...
, 1532–1592 - Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselMaurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel-External links:...
, 1572–1632 - William V, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselWilliam V, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselWilliam V of Hesse-Kassel was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in the Holy Roman Empire from 1627 to 1637....
, 1602–1637 - William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselWilliam VI, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselWilliam VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , known as William the Just, was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1637 to 1663.-Life:...
, 1629–1663 - Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal, 1655–1721
- William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-BarchfeldWilliam, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-BarchfeldWilliam of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was a member of the House of Hesse and was Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld from 1721 to 1761.- Life :...
, 1692–1761 - Landgrave Adolf of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, 1743–1803
- Landgrave Karl of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, 1784–1854
- Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, 1831–1890
- Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, 1876–1954
- Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, 1905–1942
- Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, b. 1933