Frederick
May 9, 1617: Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege, was born in Kassel to Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel and Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg. As the eighth child, he was awarded Hesse-Eschwege as an apanage by a decree of his father. He actually had quite a successful military career in the Swedish army, and he spent much time at the Swedish court, rarely visiting Eschwege. Still, he cared about his subject and contributed significantly to the reconstruction after the end of the Thirty Years' War.
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[Portrait by Matthäus Merian]
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