Reign 1643-1669 Reign 1669-1681 | Father Frederick I Name William Landgrave | |
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Born 13 November 1625
Ober-Rosbach ( 1625-11-13 ) Mother Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg Role Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg's son Died August 27, 1681, Echzell, Germany Spouse Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Anna Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg Children Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg Parents Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg Cousins John of Hesse-Braubach Grandparents George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Magdalene of Lippe | ||
William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg (13 November 1625, Ober-Rosbach – 27 August 1681, then in Bingenheim, now in Echzell) was the second Landgraf of Hesse-Homburg (then known as "Landgraf of Bingenheim") during 1648-1669.
He was the third (second surviving) of five sons of Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and succeeded his brother Ludwig I as Landgrave in 1643, but his mother was regent until 1648.
Life
In 1669, he sold Homburg to his younger brother George Christian, but retained Bingenheim (Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg-Bingenheim). George Christian died without heirs, and their youngest brother succeeded as Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.
In Darmstadt on 21 April 1650 William Christoph married firstly Sophia Eleonore, daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. George II was his first cousin, as both were grandsons of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. They had 12 children, but only three survived infancy:
In Lübeck on 2 April 1665 William Christoph married secondly Anna Elisabeth, a daughter of Duke Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg. In 1672 they were divorced and Anna Elisabeth retired to and later died in Philippseck Castle in today's Butzbach.