Name Charles, of | Died July 17, 1854 | |
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Born 27 June 1784Barchfeld ( 1784-06-27 ) Children Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Parents Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen, Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Grandparents Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal Great-grandparents Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel | ||
Landgrave Charles August Ludwig Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (27 June 1784 in Barchfeld – 17 July 1854 in Philippsthal) was a member of the House of Hesse and was the ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld from 1803 to 1806 and from 1813 until his death.
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Life
Charles was a son of the Landgrave Adolph of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1743-1803) from his marriage to Louise (1752-1805 ), the daughter of the Duke Anton Ulrich of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1803, he succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.
In 1806, Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was annexed by the Kingdom of Westphalia. After Napoleon had been defeated in the Battle of Leipzig, Charles was restored as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld under the supremacy of the Electorate of Hesse.
Charles served in the Prussian and later joined the Russian army. He fought on the Russian side in the Napoleonic wars, in particular in the Battle of Borodino. After he retired from the Russian military service, he joined the Hessain army, where he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1836.
He later lived at Augustenau Castle in Herleshausen.
Marriage and issue
Charles first married on 19 Jul 1816, in Öhringen, to Auguste (1793-1821), the daughter of Prince Frederick Louis of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, with whom he had the following children:
He married his second wife on 10 September 1823 in Steinfurt. She was Sophie (1794-1873), the daughter of Prince Louis William Geldricus Ernest of Bentheim and Steinfurt, with whom he had the following children:
- in 1857 morganatically to Princess Maria of Hanau and Hořowitz (1839-1917), divorced in 1872
- in 1873 to Princess Juliane of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1842-1878), had issue including Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
- in 1879 to Princess Adelheid of Bentheim and Steinfurt (1840-1880)
- in 1884 to Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1844-1932), they were the parents of Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld