William I, Elector of Hesse [SEP] father
William I, Elector of Hesse
William I, Elector of Hesse (; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
William was born in Kassel, Hesse in 1743. His father, landgrave Frederick II (who died in 1785), had in 1747 abandoned the family and reverted to Catholicism. In 1755 he
(1739–1809), court jew of the Duke of Württemberg
- Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), "court factor" for William I, Elector of Hesse
- Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), philanthropist and reformer, court agent of Brunswick
- Wolf Breidenbach (1751–1829), factor to the Elector of Hesse, father of Moritz Wilhelm August Breidenbach
- Bernhard von Eskeles (1753–1839), a court Jew of Joseph II and Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire and I of Austria
In fiction, Isaac