About George Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Lived 1691 – 1755 (aged 64). George Charles of Hesse-Kassel was a German aristocrat.
George Charles of Hesse-Kassel (8 January 1691 – 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 Waltersbrück and Völkershausen.
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.
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Who was George Charles of Hesse-Kassel?
Prince of Hesse-Kassel and Prussian general
When was George Charles of Hesse-Kassel born?
George Charles of Hesse-Kassel was born on 8 January 1691 in Kassel.
When did George Charles of Hesse-Kassel die?
George Charles of Hesse-Kassel died on 5 March 1755 in Kassel.
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George Charles of Hesse-Kassel was an aristocrat.
What nationality was George Charles of Hesse-Kassel?
George Charles of Hesse-Kassel was German.
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