Charles of Hesse-Wanfried, was a Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried.
Background
He was the second son of Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels and Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich. Charles"s first wife was Sophie Magdalene, a daughter of Count Eric Adolph of Salm-Reifferscheid and his wife Magdalene. Charles then married Alexandrine Juliane, a daughter of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen and the widow of Landgrave George III of Hesse-Itter-Vöhl.
Career
After an inheritance dispute about the "Rotenburg Quarter", Charles received Hesse-Eschwege in 1667. He moved to Wanfried and founded the Catholic line of Hesse-Wanfried. He used the castle in Wanfried as his residence, because the castle in Eschwege had been pledged to Brunswick-Bevern, also in 1667.
After William"s death in 1731, he was succeeded by his half-brother Christian, who died childless in 1755, thereby ending the Hessen-Wanfried line.
Charles Ernest Adolph (born: 8 October 1669, died: December 1669) Anna Maria Eleonora (born: 13 October 1670. Died: January 1671) William II "the Younger" (born: 25 August 1671 in Langenschwalbach.
Died: 1 April 1731 in Paris, and buried there), Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels Frederick (born: 17 May 1673. Died: 1692), a canon at Cologne, died during a visit to the Bishop of Győr in Hungary Philip (born: June 1674) Charlotte Amalie (born: 8 March 8, 1679 at Wanfried, died: 8 February 1722 in Paris) married on 26 September 1694 in Cologne with Francis II Rákóczi (born: 27 March 1676.
Died: April 8, 1735), Prince of Transylvania Ernest (born: 20 April 1680 in Wanfried, died: June 24, 1680 ibid), buried in the Hülfensberg Sophia Leopoldine (born: 17 July 1681, died: 18 April 1724 in Wetzlar) Charles Alexander (born: 6 November 1683 in Wanfried, died: February 1684 in Boppard) Anna Maria Johanna (born: 8 January 1685 in Wanfried, died: 11 June 1764 in Erfurt) Maria Josepha Therese Elisabeth (born: 5 April 1687, died: 9 September 1689) Franziska Christine Polyxene (born: 23 May 1688, died: 17 July 1728) married on 28 February 1712 with Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort Christian (born: 17 July 1689 in Wanfried, died: 21 October 1755 in Eschwege), the last Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Eschwege and Hesse-Rheinfels Juliana Elizabeth Anna Louise (born: 20 October 1690 in Wanfried.
Died: 13 July 1724) married on 6 January 1718 in Wanfried with Count Christian Otto of Limburg-Styrum (born: 25 March 1694. Died: 24 February 1749) Maria (born: 31 August 1693) Eleanor Bernhardine (born: 21 February 1695. Died: 14 August 1768 in Frankfurt).