William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Noble family	House of Hesse
Father	William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg
Born	(1651-06-21)21 June 1651 Kassel
Died	Paris
Buried	Martinskirche, Kassel

William VII of Hesse-Kassel (21 June 1651 - 21 November 1670) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

Life

William was the eldest son of Landgrave William VI of Hesse-Kassel and his wife, Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg. William VII inherited the landgraviate when his father died in 1663. Since he was still a minor, his mother became regent.

William was engaged with his cousin Maria Amalia of Courland, the daughter of Jacob of Courland (her mother was the sister of William's mother). After the engagement, he embarked on his Grand Tour to the Netherlands, England and France. In Paris, he became very ill with a "fever". The French doctors tried to cure the 19-year-old landgrave with laxatives, emetics, enemas and bloodletting, yet the treatment killed him.

He was buried in the Martinskirche, Kassel. His fiancée married his younger brother and successor, Landgrave Charles.

Ancestry

Family of William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

16. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel               8. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel                       17. Duchess Sabine of Württemberg               4. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel                             18. John George, Count of Solms-Laubach               9. Countess Agnes of Solms-Laubach                       19. Countess Margaret of Schönburg-Glauchau               2. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel                                   20. Philip Louis I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg               10. Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg                       21. Countess Magdalena of Waldeck               5. Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg                             22. William the Silent (=#30)               11. Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau                       23. Charlotte of Bourbon (=#31)               1. William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel                                         24. Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg               12. John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg                       25. Margravine Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin               6. George William, Elector of Brandenburg                             26. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia               13. Duchess Anna of Prussia                       27. Duchess Marie Eleonore of Cleves               3. Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg                                   28. Louis VI, Elector Palatine               14. Frederick IV, Elector Palatine                       29. Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse               7. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte of Simmern                             30. William the Silent (=#22)               15. Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau                       31. Charlotte of Bourbon (=#23)

References

• Hans Philippi: Die Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel 1648–1806, in the series Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen, issue 46, also Kleine Schriften, vol. 8, Marburg, 2007.
• Franz Carl Theodor Piderit: Geschichte der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Kassel p. 239
• K aspar Nöding: Statistik, Topographie und Geschichte des Landgräflich und Kurfürstlichen ... p. 222 f.

William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel House of Hesse Born: 21 June 1651 Died: 21 November 1670
Preceded by Wilhelm VI	Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1663-1670	Succeeded by Charles