Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel

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18th-century German ruler human landgrave

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel was an 18th-century German ruler best known for leasing Hessian soldiers to Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War, significantly funding his state through these military subsidies.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel	1
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century German ruler ⓘ human ⓘ landgrave ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Hesse-Kassel ⓘ surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
child	Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ surface form: Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel William I, Elector of Hesse ⓘ
convertedTo	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Hesse-Kassel ⓘ surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
dateOfBirth	1720-08-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1785-10-31 ⓘ
describedBySource	18th-century European history ⓘ histories of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
employer	Hessian troops ⓘ surface form: Hessian Army
endTime	1785 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
familyName	of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
father	William I, Elector of Hesse ⓘ surface form: William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
givenName	Frederick ⓘ
honorificPrefix	His Serene Highness ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ
memberOf	German nobility ⓘ
militaryAlly	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
mother	Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Hesse ⓘ surface form: House of Hesse-Kassel
notableFor	leasing Hessian soldiers to Great Britain ⓘ participation of Hessian troops in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ subsidy treaties with Great Britain ⓘ
partOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kassel ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Kassel ⓘ
positionHeld	Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ surface form: Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
predecessor	William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
reign	1760–1785 ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ
residence	Kassel ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Philippine von Brandenburg-Schwedt ⓘ Princess Mary of Great Britain ⓘ
startTime	1760 ⓘ
successor	William I, Elector of Hesse ⓘ
title	His Serene Highness ⓘ surface form: Serene Highness
usedFor	funding the finances of Hesse-Kassel through military subsidies ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leopold Philip de Heister → employer → Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Hesse-Kassel → notableRuler → Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Hessian troops → recruitedBy → Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Hesse-Kassel → rulerTitle → Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel