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With the Hessian troops, he was involved in the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon in 1813. He succeeded as Elector of Hesse (a title that was moribund after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806) on his father's death in 1821.
William I died on 27 February 1821 and was succeeded by his son, William II. Under him, the constitutional crisis in Kassel came to a head.
Contents. William II. elector of Hesse-Kassel. Learn about this topic in these articles: rule of Hesse-Kassel. In Hesse-Kassel. …William I and his successor William II (reigned 1821–47) were reactionaries who overturned the liberal reforms made in Hesse-Kassel previously by the French.
William II ( German: Wilhelm II; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse. You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (December 2012) Click for important translation instructions.
William I, Elector of Hesse (German: Wilhelm I., Kurfürst von Hessen; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.
William II, Elector of Hesse (German language: Wilhelm II, Kurfürst von Hessen; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse.[1] William was the eldest surviving son of William I, Elector of Hesse and Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway.
William I (IX) (1743 – 1821) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Elector of Hesse from 1803 to 1806 and from 1813. 1806 annexed by the Kingdom of Westphalia, 1813 restored. Grandmaster of the House-order of the Golden Lion.
