Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Charles I
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Reign	21 November 1670 – 23 March 1730
Predecessor	William VII
Successor	Frederick I
Born	(1654-08-03)3 August 1654 Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse
Died	23 March 1730(1730-03-23) (aged 75) Kassel, Hesse
Spouse	Maria Amalia of Courland (m 21 May 1673)
Issue	Wilhelm Karl Frederick I of Sweden Christian Sophie Charlotte Prince Karl William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Prince Leopold Ludwig Marie Luise, Princess of Orange Prince Maximilian Prince Georg Princess Eleonore Antoine Princess Wilhelmine Charlotte
House	Hesse-Kassel
Father	William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg
Religion	Calvinism

Charles of Hesse-Kassel (Karl; 3 August 1654 – 23 March 1730), of the House of Hesse, was the ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1670 till his death in 1730.

Marriage

On 21 May 1673, he married his first-cousin Princess Amalia of Courland in Kassel.

Issue

1. Prince Wilhelm m (29 March 1674 – 25 July 1676)
2. Prince Karl (24 February 1675 – 7 December 1677)
3. Prince Friedrich (28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751) succeeded his father as Frederick, the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and became King of Sweden in 1720 and married twice.
4. Prince Christian (2 July 1677 – 18 September 1677)
5. Sophie Charlotte (16 July 1678 – 30 May 1749) married Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
6. (1675–1713)
7. A son (12 June 1679)
8. Prince Karl of Hesse-Kassel (12 June 1680 – 13 November 1702)
9. A daughter (12 April 1681)
10. William (10 March 1682 – 1 February 1760) succeeded his brother Frederick as William VIII married Dorothea Wilhelmina of Saxe-Zeitz.
11. A daughter (12 June 1683)
12. Prince Leopold of Hesse-Kassel(30 December 1684 – 10 September 1704)
13. A son (12 November 1685)
14. Prince Ludwig of Hesse-Kassel (5 September 1686 – 23 May 1706)
15. Princess Marie Luise of Hesse-Kassel (7 February 1688 – 9 April 1765) married Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange (1687–1711)
16. Prince Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (28 May 1689 – 8 May 1753) married Friederike Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
17. A daughter (5 July 1690)
18. Prince Georg Karl of Hesse-Kassel (8 January 1691 – 5 March 1755)
19. A son (1692)
20. Princess Eleonore Antoine of Hesse-Kassel (11 January 1694 – 17 December 1694)
21. Princess Wilhelmine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (8 July 1695 – 27 November 1722)
22. A son (1696)
23. A daughter (1697)
24. A son (1699)
25. A daughter (1701)