Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg
Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg , (in German Friedrich II von Hessen-Homburg), born with Homburg the March 30th 1633, deceased with the castle of Homburg the January 24th 1708. It was called by its subjects " the landgrave with the leg of argent".
It was Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg of 1681 with 1708.
Family
Wire of Frederic Ier de Hesse-Homburg and of Marguerite de Leiningen.
In 1661, Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg married Marguerite Brahe (1603 - 1669), (girl of the count Abranham Brahe)
Widower, Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg married in 1670 Louise de Courlande (1646 - 1690), (girl of the duke Louis de Courlande.
Eleven children were born from this union:
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Charlotte de Hesse-Homburg (1672 - 1738), in 1644 it married the duke Jean-Ernest III of Saxony-Weimar (1664 - 1707)
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Frederic III of Hesse-Homburg (1673 - 1746), landgrave of Hesse-Homburg of 1708 with 1746), in 1700 it married Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt (1676 - 1721), (girl of the landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt (posterity), widower it married in 1728 Christine de Nassau-Wiesbaden (1685 - 1761), (girl of the count Frederic de Nassau-Wiesbaden
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Hedwige de Hesse-Homburg (1675 - 1760), it married in 1718 the count Adam von Schlieben ((1677 - 1752)
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Wilhelmine de Hesse-Homburg (1678 - 1770), in 1711 it married the count Antoine von Aldenburg (1681 - 1738)
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Elisabeth de Hesse-Homburg (1681 - 1707), in 1701 it married prince Frederic-Guillaume Ier of Nassau-Siegen (1680 - 1722)
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Casimir de Hesse-Homburg (1690 - 1726), in 1722 it married Charlotte zu Solms (1690 - 1751) (posterity of which Frederic IV of Hesse-Homburg landgrave of Hesse-Homburg)
Again widowed Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg married in 1691 Sophie de Leiningen (1656 - 1724), (girl of the count Jean de Leiningen).
Three children were born from this union:
Louis de Hesse-Homburg (1693 - 1728), in 1710 it married Christine von Limpurg (1683 - 1746), (girl of the count Volrath von Limpurg (posterity)
Biogr
His/her father deceased in 1638, Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg like his brothers and sisters was educated by his mother Marguerite de Leiningen. According to the desire of the latter, it was high with Georges II of Hesse-Darmstadt to Marburg.
When it reached its sixteenth year, it started to travel, it visited the Italy and France but adopted the town of Geneva in order to continue its studies. Not being the groin of wire of Frederic Ier de Hesse-Homburg, it did not accept the education of future a landgrave. He learned the dance, horsemanship, the art of the war, he improved his French knowledge of languages.
In 1659, Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg grèvement was grèvement wounded at the time of a storm which fell down on Copenhagen. He was amputee above the knee. The alchemist of the Court, Paul Andrich manufactured a prosthesis articulated out of money to him, this why it was called the landgrave with the silver plated leg .
After the death of his/her older brother Georges de Hesse-Homburg occurred in 1677, Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg became in 1681 landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, it took for currency “actually Holds”, like emblem “the grass of flax”.
In 1675, it took part in the battle of Ferhbellin as general of the Brandenburger troops, this battle opposed the troops of Charles XI of Sweden against those of Brandebourg. It one humiliating was demolished for the Swedish troops, it contributed to the rise of the Prussian House of Brandebourg to the 18th century and 19th century.
In 1679, it bought Homburg and Bingenheim in 1681.
Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg is the hero of the drama Prince Friedrich von Homburg or the Battle of Ferhbellin of Heinrich Kleist (1809 - 1810). The title of this dramatic work in common has with Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg only the name.
Frederic II of Hesse-Homburg belonged to the line of Hesse-Homburg, this troisème connects Maison of Hesse is resulting from the second branch, that of the Hesse-Darmstadt, itself resulting from the first branch of the House of Hesse. the latter is resulting from the first line of the House of the Brabant.
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External bonds and sources
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