Gustav von Hessen-Homburg
Gustav was born in 1781. Gustav's father was
Friedrich V von Hessen-Homburg and his mother was
Karoline von Hessen-Darmstadt. His paternal grandparents were
Friedrich lV von Hessen-Homburg and
Ulrike zu Solms-Braunfels; his maternal grandparents were
Ludwig lX von Hessen-Darmstadt and
Karoline Palatine von Zweibruecken-Birkenfeld. He had seven brothers and five sisters, named
Friedrich VI Landgraf,
Ludwig,
Paul,
Viktor,
Philipp,
Ferdinand,
Leopold,
Karoline,
Luise Ulrike,
Amalie,
Auguste and
Marie Anna. He was the fourth youngest of the thirteen children. He died at the age of 67 in 1848.