Prince Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt

Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Born	17 June 1693(1693-06-17) Nidda
Died	17 May 1707(1707-05-17) (aged 13) Gießen

Karl Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt (born: 17 June 1693 in Nidda; died: 17 May 1707 in Gießen) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Life

Charles William was the second son of Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of the Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

When Charles William was four years old, his father appointed him Colonel of the newly created Hesse-Darmstadt Kreis Regiment. Two years later, the education of Charles William was handed over to Johann Konrad Dippel in Gießen, where the Landgrave's family had fled before the advancing French troops.

Karl Wilhelm died at the age of 13, during the War of Spanish Succession. His younger brother Prince Francis Ernest of Hessen-Darmstadt took his place in the Regiment.

References and source

• August Justus Alexander Keim (1845–1926): Geschichte des Infanterie-Leibregiments Grossherzogin (3. Grossherzogl. hessisches) Nr. 117 und seiner Stämme 1677-1902, Berlin, A. Bath, 1903
• M1 Gold Stephan Schmidt: Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734), p. 147 ff.
• This page is a translation of its German equivalent.

Persondata
Name	Hessen-Darmstadt, Karl Wilhelm von
Alternative names	Hessen-Darmstadt, Carl Wilhelm von
Short description	Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt and Obrist
Date of birth	17 June 1693
Place of birth	Nidda
Date of death	17 May 1707
Place of death	Gießen