Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel was a cadet member of the house of Hesse-Kassel and a Danish general field marshal. Brought up with relatives at the Danish court, he spent most of his life in Denmark,
Prince Charles wearing the sash of the Order of the Elephant
Prince Charles' mother, Princess Mary of Great Britain
Charles' wife, Princess Louise of Denmark
Rumpenheim Palace, Offenbach
Mary of Great Britain was the second-youngest daughter of George II of Great Britain and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach, and Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel as the wife of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-
Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
…1744 as the second surviving son of Hesse-Kassel's then hereditary prince, the future Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and his first wife Princess Mary of Great Britain. His mother was a daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Princess Caroline of Ansbach and a sister of Queen Louise of Denmark. His father, the…
Portrait by Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1754.