William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

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William VII

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Reign	16 July 1663 – 21 November 1670
Predecessor	William VI
Successor	Charles

Born	(1651-06-21)21 June 1651 Kassel
Died	21 November 1670(1670-11-21) (aged 19) Paris
Burial	Martinskirche, Kassel
House	Hesse
Father	William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg

William VII of Hesse-Kassel (21 June 1651 – 21 November 1670) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

Early life

Born into an ancient House of Hesse, William was the eldest son of Landgrave William VI of Hesse-Kassel and his wife, Princess Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, youngest daughter of George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate.

Reign

William VII inherited the Landgraviate when his father died in 1663. Since he was still a minor, his mother acted as regent until he reached adulthood.

Engagement

William was engaged with his cousin Maria Amalia of Courland, the daughter of Jacob of Courland (her mother was the sister of William's mother). After the engagement, he embarked on his Grand Tour to the Netherlands, England and France.

Death

In Paris, he became very ill with a "fever". The French doctors tried to cure the 19-year-old landgrave with laxatives, emetics, enemas and bloodletting, yet the treatment killed him. He was buried in the Martinskirche, Kassel. His fiancée married his younger brother and successor, Landgrave Charles.

Ancestry

Ancestors of William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

16. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

8. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

17. Duchess Sabine of Württemberg

4. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

18. John George, Count of Solms-Laubach

9. Countess Agnes of Solms-Laubach

19. Countess Margaret of Schönburg-Glauchau

2. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

20. Philip Louis I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

10. Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

21. Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen

5. Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

22. William the Silent (=#30)

11. Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

23. Charlotte of Bourbon (=#31)

1. William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

24. Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg

12. John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

25. Margravine Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin

6. George William, Elector of Brandenburg

26. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

13. Duchess Anna of Prussia

27. Duchess Marie Eleonore of Cleves

3. Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg

28. Louis VI, Elector Palatine

14. Frederick IV, Elector Palatine

29. Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse

7. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte of Simmern

30. William the Silent (=#22)

15. Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau

31. Charlotte of Bourbon (=#23)

References

Hans Philippi: Die Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel 1648–1806, in the series Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen, issue 46, also Kleine Schriften, vol. 8, Marburg, 2007.
Franz Carl Theodor Piderit: Geschichte der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Kassel p. 239
Kaspar Nöding: Statistik, Topographie und Geschichte des Landgräflich und Kurfürstlichen ... p. 222 f.


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