Wilhelm Vlll von Hessen
Wilhelm Vlll was born in 1682. Wilhelm Vlll's father was
Karl von Hessen-Kassel and his mother was
Maria Amalia Kettler von Kurland. His paternal grandparents were
Wilhelm Vl von Hessen-Kassel and
Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg. He had nine brothers and four sisters, named
Wilhelm,
Karl,
Friedrich l,
Christian,
Karl,
Leopold,
Ludwig,
Maximilian,
Georg,
Sofie,
Marie Luise,
Eleonore and
Wilhelmine Charlotte. He was the seventh oldest of the fourteen children. He died at the age of 78 in 1760.