Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel)

Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) was born on 10 March 1682 in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ He was the son of Landgrave Karl (of Hesse-Kassel) and Princess Marie Amalie (of Kurland).¹ Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) was christened on 23 March 1682 in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ He married Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine (of Saxony-Zeitz), daughter of Duke Moritz Wilhelm (of Saxony Zeitz) and Princess Marie Amalie (of Brandenburg), on 27 September 1717 in Moritzburg An Der Elster, Saxony, Prussia.¹ Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) died on 1 February 1760 in Kinteln, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, at age 77.¹ He was buried on 2 March 1760 or 17 April 1760 at St. Martinskirche, Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹
Wilhelm VIII's mother Princess Marie Amalie (of Kurland) died on 16 June 1711 in Weilmunster, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became the father of Prince Karl (of Hesse) on 21 August 1718.¹ Wilhelm VIII's son Prince Karl (of Hesse) died on 17 October 1719.¹ Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became the father of Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) on 14 August 1720.¹ Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became the father of Princess Marie Amalie (of Hesse-Kassel) on 7 July 1721.¹ Wilhelm VIII's father Landgrave Karl (of Hesse-Kassel) died on 23 March 1730 in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.¹ Wilhelm VIII's son Landgrave Friedrich II (of Hesse-Cassel) was married to Mary Hanover on 19 May 1740 at Chapel Royal St. James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England.¹ Landgrave Wilhelm VIII (of Hesse-Kassel) became a widower with the death of his wife, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine (of Saxony-Zeitz) on 11 March 1743 in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, at age 51.¹ Wilhelm VIII's daughter Princess Marie Amalie (of Hesse-Kassel) died on 19 November 1744.¹