House of Hesse-Homburg

wife of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia; actingfirst lady of Prussia from 1810-40

Hesse-Homburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and a sovereign member of the German Confederation, which consisted of the lordship of Homburg at the foot of the Taunus, which was then known as Die Höhe ("the Heights"). The reigning princes belonged to the Darmstadt line of the House of Hesse. It was created in 1622 by the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt to be ruled by one of his sons, but from 1622 to 1768 and again from 1806 to 1815, the territory was part of Hesse-Darmstadt. It was briefly divided into Hesse-Homburg and Hesse-Homburg-Bingenheim; but these parts were reunited in 1681. In 181

German royalty (1771-1854)

German general (1769-1829)

Consort of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Founder of the junior line Hesse-Homburg

landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1751-1820)

German Landgrave

German general, Landgraf of Hesse-Homburg (1633-1708)

Regent of Hesse-Homburg (1604-1667)

(1653-1722)

Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Consort of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

General in the Dutch army and Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1673-1746)

German politician (1819-1872)

(1781-1848)

Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1776-1871)

Landgravine and regent of Hesse-Homburg (1731-1792)

Austrian general and Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Prince of Hesse-Homburg (1690-1726)

Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

(1705-1745)

(1787-1813)

Princess consort of Nassau-Siegen (1681-1707)

German author