Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (11 July 1722 – 21 June 1782) was a Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was born in Darmstadt.
He was the second son of Landgrave Louis VIII and Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg. From 1738 till his death, he commanded an army-regiment of his land. In the 1740s, he also commanded a Prussian regiment. He reached the rank of general of the cavalry. He was the official military adviser to his father, but had a strong rival in his older brother Louis IX, who followed the example of his friend the soldier-king Frederick II of Prussia and expanded Pirmasens as a garrison town.
In 1748, he married Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg. Through this marriage, he acquired the estates of Broich, Oberstein, Aspermont, Burgel, and Reipolzkirchen. He and Maria had nine children.
In 1764, George William received Old Palace in Darmstadt and the associated pleasure garden as a gift from his father, who had always favoured him above his brother Louis. George William had the palace with the White Tower expanded. He represented the reigning family in Darmstadt, as his brother stayed mostly in Pirmasens.
Issue NamePortraitBirthDeathNotesLudwig Georg Karl 1749 1823 Married morganatically in 1788 Friederike Schmidt, Baroness von HessenheimGeorg Friedrich 15 June 1750 - 2 July 1750 died youngFriederike CarolineDuchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 20 August 1752 22 May 1782 Married in 1768 Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, had issueGeorg Karl 14 June 1754 28 January 1830 Never married and had no issueCharlotte WilhelmineDuchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 5 November 1755 12 December 1785 Married in 1784 Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, had issueKarl Wilhelm Georg 16 May 1757 15 August 1797 Never married and had no issueFriedrich Georg August 21 July 1759 19 May 1808 Married morganatically in 1788 Karoline Luise Seitz, Baroness von Friedrich, no issueLouise Henriette Caroline 15 February 1761 24 October 1829 Married in 1777 Louis X of Hesse-Darmstadt, had issueAuguste WilhelmineDuchess of Zweibrücken 14 April 1765 30 March 1796 Married in 1785 the future King Maximilian I of Bavaria, had issue
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