Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
# Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (11 July 1722 – 21 June 1782) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was born in Darmstadt.

He was the second son of Landgrave Louis VIII and Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg. From 1738 till his death, he commanded an army-regiment of his land. In the 1740s, he also commanded a Prussian regiment. He reached the rank of general of the cavalry. He was the official military adviser to his father, but had a strong rival in his older brother Louis IX, who followed his friend's example, the soldier-king Frederick II of Prussia and expanded Pirmasens as a garrison town.

In 1748, he married Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg. Through this marriage, he acquired the estates of Broich, Oberstein, Aspermont, Burgel, and Reipolzkirchen. He and Maria had nine children.

In 1764, George William received Old Palace in Darmstadt and the associated pleasure garden as a gift from his father, who had always favoured him above his brother Louis. George William had the palace with the White Tower expanded. He represented the reigning family in Darmstadt, as his brother stayed mostly in Pirmasens.

## Issue

| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ludwig Georg Karl | 1749 | 1823 | Married morganatically in 1788 Friederike Schmidt, Baroness von Hessenheim |
| Georg Friedrich | 1750 | 1750 | |
| Friederike Caroline Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 20 August 1752 | 22 May 1782 | Married in 1768 Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, had issue |
| Georg Karl | 14 June 1754 | 28 January 1830 | |
| Charlotte Wilhelmine Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 5 November 1755 | 12 December 1785 | Married in 1784 Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, had issue |
| Karl Wilhelm Georg | 1757 | 1797 | |
| Friedrich Georg August | 1759 | 1808 | Married morganatically in 1788 Karoline Luise Seitz, Baroness von Friedrich |
| Louise Henriette Caroline | 15 February 1761 | 24 October 1829 | Married in 1777 Louis X of Hesse-Darmstadt, had issue |
| Auguste Wilhelmine Duchess of Zweibrücken | 14 April 1765 | 30 March 1796 | Married in 1785 the future King Maximilian I of Bavaria, had issue |

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt :

