Peerage Record – 10931

     Kasimir Wilhelm Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg was born on 23 March 1690.² He was the son of Friedrich II Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg and Luise Elisabeth Prinzessin von Kurland.^1,2 He married Christine Charlotte Gräfin zu Solms-Braunfels, daughter of Wilhelm Moritz Graf zu Solms-Braunfels-Greifenstein and Magdalene Sophie Prinzessin von Hessen-Homburg, on 3 October 1722.² He died on 9 October 1726 at age 36.²

     Friedrich II Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg was born on 30 March 1633.² He was the son of Friedrich I Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg and Margaret Elisabeth Gräfin von Leiningen-Westerburg.¹ He married Luise Elisabeth Prinzessin von Kurland, daughter of Jakob Kettler Herzog von Kurland and Luise Charlotte von Hohenzollern, on 23 October 1670.² He died on 24 January 1708 at age 74.²
     He gained the title of Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg.²

     Friedrich I Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg was born on 5 March 1585 at Lichtenberg Castle, Fischbachtal, Germany.² He was the son of Georg I Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Magdalen Gräfin zur Lippe.^3,1 He married Margaret Elisabeth Gräfin von Leiningen-Westerburg, daughter of Christopher Graf von Leiningen-Westerburg and Anna Maria Ungnad Baronin von Weissenwolff, on 10 August 1622 at Butzbach, Germany.² He died on 9 May 1638 at age 53 at Bad Homburg, Germany.²
     He gained the title of Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg.³

     Georg I Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt was born on 10 September 1547.² He was the son of Philip I Landgraf von Hessen and Christina von Sachsen.^2,1 He married, firstly, Magdalen Gräfin zur Lippe, daughter of Bernard VIII Graf zur Lippe and Catherine von Waldeck-Eisenberg, on 17 August 1572.² He married, secondly, Eleanor Herzogin von Württemberg, daughter of Christoph Herzog von Württemberg and Anna Maria von Hohenzollern, on 25 May 1589.² He died on 7 February 1596 at age 48.²
     Georg I Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt also went by the nick-name of Georg ‘the Pious’.³ He was created Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt in 1567.³

     Luise Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein was born in 1779.¹ She was the daughter of Ludwig I Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein and Luise Henriette Karoline Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt.¹ She married Ludwig von Anhalt-Köthen, son of Karl Georg Lebrecht Prinz von Anhalt-Köthen and Luise Charlotte Prinzessin zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, in 1800.¹ She died in 1811.¹
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein.

     Ludwig VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt was born on 5 April 1691.³ He was the son of Ernst Ludwig Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Dorothea Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach.^1,4 He married Charlotte Christiana Magdalena Johanna Gräfin zu Hanau-Lichtenberg, daughter of Johann Reinhard III Fürst zu Hanau-Lichtenberg and Dorothea Friederike Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach, on 5 April 1717 at Philippsruhe, Germany^G.¹ He died on 17 October 1768 at age 77.³
     He succeeded as the Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt in 1739.⁵

     Ernst Ludwig Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt was born on 15 December 1667.² He was the son of Ludwig VI Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha.^1,3 He married, firstly, Dorothea Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach, daughter of Albrecht II Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach and Sophie Margaret von Oettingen, on 1 December 1687.² He married, secondly, Louise Sophie von Spiegel Gräfin von Epstein, daughter of Hermann Wilhelm von Spiegel, in 1727 in a morganatic marriage.¹ He died on 12 September 1739 at age 71.²
     He succeeded as the Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt in 1678.⁴

     Ludwig VI Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt was born on 25 January 1630.² He was the son of Georg II Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Sophie Eleanor von Sachsen.^1,3 He married, firstly, Marie Elisabeth Prinzessin von Holstein-Gottorp, daughter of Friedrich III Herzog von Holstein-Gottorp and Marie Elisabeth Herzogin von Sachsen, on 24 November 1650.² He married, secondly, Elisabeth Dorothea Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha, daughter of Ernst I Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg and Elisabeth Sophie von Sachsen-Altenburg, on 5 December 1666.² He died on 24 April 1678 at age 48.²
     He succeeded as the Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt in 1661.⁴

     Captain Bryan Fullerton Adams was born on 22 July 1887.² He was the son of G. H. Adams.² He married, firstly, Audrey Marshall, daughter of C. E. Marshall, in 1921. He married, secondly, Pamela Jocelyne Drury-Lowe, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sydney Robert Drury-Lowe and Clare Susan Charteris, in 1937.² He died on 22 September 1971 at age 84.²
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, where he was mentioned in despatches.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1919.¹

     Ludwig V Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt was born on 24 September 1577.² He was the son of Georg I Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Magdalen Gräfin zur Lippe.^2,3 He married Magdalen Prinzessin von Hohenzollern, daughter of Johann Georg Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Elisabeth Prinzessin von Anhalt-Zerbst, on 5 June 1598.² He died on 27 July 1626 at age 48.²
     Ludwig V Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt also went by the nick-name of Ludwig ‘the Steadfast’.² He succeeded as the Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt in 1596.¹