Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Cassel

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Landgrave
gptkbp:addressed gptkb:Landgrave_Wilhelm_VIII
gptkbp:ancestor gptkb:House_of_Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Kassel
gptkbp:birthDate 1743-05-24
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Elizabeth's_Church,_Kassel
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Frederick_the_Great
gptkbp:contributedTo German_history
Cultural_development_in_Hesse
gptkbp:culturalContribution Patron_of_the_arts
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Enlightenment
gptkbp:culturalImpact Art patronage
gptkbp:deathDate 1760-01-01
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Wilhelm_IX_of_Hesse-Cassel
gptkb:House_of_Hesse
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Hesse
gptkbp:father Wilhelm_VII_of_Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:historicalContext German_principalities
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 18th century
gptkbp:historicalRole Ruler
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Influence_in_German_politics
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Hesse
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:influenced Hessian_policies
gptkbp:influencedBy Enlightenment thinkers
gptkbp:influenceOn gptkb:German_nobility
gptkbp:issue gptkb:Wilhelm_IX_of_Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wilhelm_VIII
gptkb:Landgraviate_of_Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:legacy Hessian_military_tradition
gptkbp:marriageDate 1760-01-01
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Maria_Amalia_of_Courland
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:politicalRole Regional governance
Landgrave
gptkbp:predecessor Wilhelm_VII_of_Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:region gptkb:Hesse-Cassel
gptkb:Hesse
gptkbp:reign 1751-1760
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Countess_Maria_of_Waldeck
Maria_of_Waldeck
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Wilhelm_IX_of_Hesse-Cassel
gptkbp:title gptkb:Landgrave_of_Hesse-Cassel