Parents Maria Amalia of Courland | Name George of | |
Born 8 January 1691Kassel ( 1691-01-08 ) Grandparents Jacob Kettler, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg Great-grandparents George William, Elector of Brandenburg Similar People Frederick I of Sweden, Jacob Kettler, Margravine Louise Charlotte | ||
George Charles of Hesse-Kassel (8 January 1691 in Kassel – 5 March 1755) was a prince of Hesse-Kassel and a Prussian General.
Life
George was the tenth and youngest son of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1654-1730) from his marriage to Maria Amalia (1653-1711), the daughter of the Duke Jacob Kettler of Courland. His inheritance consisted of the fiefs Waltersbruck and Volkershausen.
He received his military training under King Frederick William I of Prussia. In 1723, he was promoted to lieutenant-general and appointed as governor of Minden. He left the Prussian army in 1730. He later served as Field Marshal Lieutenant in the Swedish army, as General in the Hessian army and as Lieutenant General in the Imperial army.
He was probably very close friends with his elder brother, King Frederick of Sweden and visited him in Stockholm several times.
George Charles died in 1755, unmarried and childless.