Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel)1
M, #12765, b. 10 March 1682, d. 1 February 1760
Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (
of Hesse-Kassel) was born on 10 March 1682
in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.
1 He was the son of
Landgrave Karl (of Hesse-Kassel) and
Princess Marie Amalie (of Kurland).
1 Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) was christened on 23 March 1682
in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.
1 He married
Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine (of Saxony-Zeitz), daughter of
Duke Moritz Wilhelm (of Saxony Zeitz) and
Princess Marie Amalie (of Brandenburg), on 27 September 1717
in Moritzburg An Der Elster, Saxony, Prussia.
1 Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) died on 1 February 1760
in Kinteln, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, at age 77.
1 He was buried on 2 March 1760 or 17 April 1760
at St. Martinskirche, Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.
1Wilhelm VIII's mother
Princess Marie Amalie (of Kurland) died on 16 June 1711
in Weilmunster, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.
1 Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became the father of
Prince Karl (of Hesse) on 21 August 1718.
1 Wilhelm VIII's son
Prince Karl (of Hesse) died on 17 October 1719.
1 Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became the father of
Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) on 14 August 1720.
1 Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became the father of
Princess Marie Amalie (of Hesse-Kassel) on 7 July 1721.
1 Wilhelm VIII's father
Landgrave Karl (of Hesse-Kassel) died on 23 March 1730
in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.
1 Wilhelm VIII's son
Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) was married to
Mary Hanover on 19 May 1740
at Chapel Royal St. James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
1 Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became a widower with the death of his wife,
Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine (of Saxony-Zeitz) on 11 March 1743
in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, at age 51.
1 Wilhelm VIII's daughter
Princess Marie Amalie (of Hesse-Kassel) died on 19 November 1744.
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Citations
- [S227] Samuel H. Sloan, ROYALFAM.GED (461 Peachstone Terrace, San Rafael CA: n.pub.). There are some wild errors in the data.