Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Charles wearing the sash of the Order of the Elephant
Born	(1744-12-19)19 December 1744 Kassel, Hesse
Died	17 August 1836(1836-08-17) (aged 91) Louisenlund, Schleswig
Burial	Schleswig Cathedral
Spouse	Princess Louise of Denmark ​ ​ (m. 1766; died 1831)​
Issue	Marie Sophie, Queen of Denmark and Norway Prince Wilhelm Prince Frederick Princess Juliane Prince Christian Louise Caroline, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
House	Hesse-Kassel
Father	Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Mother	Princess Mary of Great Britain

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (Danish: Carl, German and Norwegian: Karl; 19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836) 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, serving as royal governor of the twin duchies of Schleswig-Holstein from 1769 to 1836 and commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army from 1772 to 1814.^[1]