Frederick (1676-1751) - Find a Grave Memorial

Swedish Monarch. Brabant Dynasty. Hessian Landgrave. Born the eldest son of Karl Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel and Princess Marie Amalie of Courland. He was known as the Alexander of the North for his military achievements. After the sudden death of his brother-in-law in 1718, and a brief rule by his wife, the Swedish Estates elected Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel king. A far weaker leader than his predecessor, he oversaw the loss of Sweden's position as a European power and was, in the Treaty of Nystad, forced to cede Estonia and Livonia to Russia. In 1730, he succeeded as Landgrave of Hesse, and appointed his younger brother as governor. He married twice, firstly to Louise Dorothy Sophia of Prussia who died in 1705; secondly in 1715, to Ulrica Eleanor, sister of Carl XII of Sweden. He had no legitimate children from either marriage. At his death in Stockholm at age 74, his brother inherited the landgrave in Germany while the throne of Sweden passed from the Hessian line of the Brabants to Adolph Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, an Oldenburg, who had been elected crown prince in 1745. Frederick was the only king of the Brabant Dynasty ever to rule in Sweden.

Bio by: Iola