Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel)

Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) was born on 14 August 1720 in Cassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ He was the son of Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) and Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine (of Saxony-Zeitz).¹ Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) was christened on 3 September 1720 in Cassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ He married Mary Hanover on 19 May 1740 at Chapel Royal St. James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England.¹ Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) died on 31 October 1785 at Schloss Weissenstein, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, at age 65.¹ He was buried on 14 November 1785 in Friedrichsplatz, Cassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹
He became the father of Prince Wilhelm (of Hesse-Cassel) on 25 December 1741.¹ Friedrich II's son Prince Wilhelm (of Hesse-Cassel) died on 1 June 1742.¹ Friedrich II's mother Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine (of Saxony-Zeitz) died on 11 March 1743 in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) became the father of Elector Wilhelm I (Georg) (of Hesse-Kassel) on 3 June 1743.¹ Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) became the father of Landgrave Karl (of Hesse-Cassel) on 19 December 1744.¹ Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) became the father of Landgrave Friedrich (of Hesse-Cassel-Rumpenheim) on 11 September 1747.¹ Friedrich II's father Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) died on 1 February 1760 in Kinteln, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ Friedrich II's son Landgrave Karl (of Hesse-Cassel) was married to Princess Luise (of Denmark & Norway) on 30 August 1766 at Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.¹ Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) became a widower with the death of his wife, Mary Hanover on 14 January 1772 in Hanau at age 48.¹