BURIAL CHURCHES OF SOVEREIGNS OF HESSE-KASSEL AND WESTPHALIA
FROM A TO Z
HANAU (GERMANY)
BURIED IN ST MARY’S CHURCH (Hanau, Marienkirche, Marienkirchgasse):
Elector WILLIAM II (+1847)
The tomb is located in a sealed vault under the church.
KASSEL (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE CHAPEL OF LÖWENBURG CASTLE (Kassel, Schlosskirche Löwenburg, Schlosspark Wilhelmshöhe):
Elector WILLIAM I (+1821)
KASSEL (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE OLD CITY CEMETERY (Kassel, Altstädter Friedhof, Lutherplatz):
1. Electress CAROLINE OF DENMARK (+1820), consort of Elector William I
Buried in the mausoleum.
2. Electress AUGUSTA OF PRUSSIA (+1841), consort of Elector William II
Buried beside the mausoleum.
3. Elector FREDERICK WILLIAM I (+1875)
Buried beside the mausoleum.
LUDWIGSBURG (GERMANY)
BURIED IN THE PALACE CHURCH (Ludwigsburg, Schlosskirche, Schlossstr.):
Queen CATHERINE OF WÜRTTEMBERG (+1835), consort of King Jerome Bonaparte of Westphalia
Her heart was buried in the Church of the Invalides in Paris.
PARIS (FRANCE)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF THE INVALIDES (Paris, Dome des Invalides, Place Vauban/Avenue de Tourville):
King JEROME BONAPARTE OF WESTPHALIA (+1860)
Select Bibliography
Burke's Royal Families of the World, vol. I: Europe and Latin America, London 1977
Franz E. G.: Das Haus Hessen, Stuttgart 2005
Heidenreich B., Franz E. G.: Kronen, Kriege, Künste. Das Haus Hessen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Frankfurt 200
Flaggenbuch, Berlin 1905
Electoral standard of Hesse-Kassel until 1866
LIST OF SOVEREIGNS OF HESSE-KASSEL AND WESTPHALIA 1785-1866
MARGRAVIATE OF HESSE-KASSEL UNTIL 1803:
HOUSE OF BRABANT
1785-1803: WILLIAM IX (Wilhelm IX.; Elector from 1803 as William I)
ELECTORATE OF HESSE-KASSEL 1803-1808:
HOUSE OF BRABANT
1803-1806 and 1813-1821: WILLIAM I (Wilhelm I.)
Born in 1743 at Kassel.
Father: Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel. Mother: Princess Mary of Great Britain and Hanover.
Married in 1764 in Copenhagen Princess CAROLINE of Denmark (*1747 Copenhagen,+1820 Kassel).
He was never crowned.
His issue who reigned: WILLIAM II (*1777,+1847).
Deposed in 1806 and exiled in Denmark. Restored in 1813.
Died in 1821 in Kassel.
Buried in the Chapel of Löwenburg Castle in Kassel.
His consort Electress Caroline of Denmark was buried in the Mausoleum at the Old Cemetery in Kassel.
1806: HESSE-KASSEL OCCUPIED BY THE FRENCH
1808-1813: HESSE-KASSEL ANNEXED TO THE KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA
KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA 1807-1813:
HOUSE OF BONAPARTE
1807-1813: JEROME BONAPARTE (Jérôme Bonaparte)
Born in 1784 in Ajaccio, Corsica.
Father: Carlo Maria Bonaparte. Mother: Maria Letizia née Ramolino.
Married firstly in 1803 in Baltimore, Maryland (USA) Elizabeth Patterson (*1785 Baltimore,+1879 Baltimore). Marriage was annulled in 1805.
Married secondly in 1807 in Paris Princess CATHERINE of Württemberg (*1783 St Petersburg,+1835 Lausanne, Switzerland).
Married thirdly in 1840 in Paris Giustina Pecori-Suarez (*1811 Florence,+1903 Florence).
Deposed in 1813 and exiled in Württemberg, Austria and Italy.
From 1848 he lived in France.
Died in 1860 at Villegenis near Paris.
Buried in the Dome des Invalides in Paris.
His first wife Elizabeth Patterson was buried in the Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, USA.
His second consort Queen Catherine of Württemberg was buried in the Palace Church at Ludwigsburg.
ELECTORATE OF HESSE-KASSEL 1813-1866:
HOUSE OF BRABANT
1821-1847: WILLIAM II (Wilhelm II.)
Born in 1777 at Hanau.
Father: Elector William I of Hesse-Kassel. Mother: Electress Caroline of Denmark.
Married in 1797 in Berlin Princess AUGUSTA of Prussia (*1780 Potsdam,+1841 Kassel).
His issue who reigned:
-FREDERICK WILLIAM (*1802,+1875),
-Marie (*1804,+1888; Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen).
Died in 1847 in Frankfurt.
Buried in St Mary's Church at Hanau (no tomb).
His consort Electress Augusta of Prussia was buried at the Old Cemetery in Kassel.
1847-1866: FREDERICK WILLIAM (Friedrich Wilhelm)
Born in 1802 at Philippsruhe near Hanau.
Father: Elector William II of Hesse-Kassel. Mother: Electress Augusta of Prussia.
Married morganatically in 1831 in Rellinghausen Gertrud Falkenstein-Lehmann (*1803 Bonn,+1882 Prague).
Deposed by the Prussians in 1866 and exiled in Austria-Hungary (Bohemia).
Died in 1875 in Prague.
Buried at the Old Cemetery in Kassel.
1866: HESSE-KASSEL OCCUPIED AND ANNEXED BY PRUSSIA
The tomb of Elector WILLIAM I in the Chapel of Löwenburg Castle in Kassel (Germany)
The tomb of Electress CAROLINE OF DENMARK, consort of Elector William I, in the Mausoleum at the Old Cemetery in Kassel (Germany)
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The tomb of King of Westphalia JEROME BONAPARTE in the Dome des Invalides in Paris (France)
The tomb of Queen of Westphalia CATHERINE OF WÜRTTEMBERG, consort of King Jerome Bonaparte, in the Palace Church in Ludwigsburg (Germany)
The grave of Electress AUGUSTA OF PRUSSIA, consort of Elector William II, in the Old City Cemetery in Kassel (Germany)
The grave of Elector FREDERICK WILLIAM, in the Old City Cemetery in Kassel (Germany)
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FOREIGN ROYAL BURIALS IN HESSE-KASSEL (except burials of rulers from other German states):
KASSEL
Adelaide of Hesse, Queen of Poland, consort of King Casimir III the Great
