Background
He was the son of Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels (1731–1792), daughter of Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.
He was the son of Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels (1731–1792), daughter of Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.
The couple had 15 children, of whom the following 11 survived to adulthood:
Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769–1829). Married in 1818 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840), a daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom. Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1770–1839).
Married in 1804 Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingen (1778–1846), divorced 1805.
Landgravine Ulrike Louise Karoline of Hesse-Homburg (1771–1854). Married in 1791 Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1767–1807).
Landgravine Louise Ulrike of Hesse-Homburg (1772–1854). Married in 1793 Prince Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1771–1825).
Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg (1774–1846).
Married in 1792 Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769–1814). Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg (1776–1871). Married in 1818 Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819).
Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1779–1846).
Married (morganatically) in 1838 Rosalie Antonie, Baroness Schimmelpfennig von der Oye, née Pototschnig (1806–1845), "Countess of Naumburg". Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1781–1848).
Married in 1818 Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1798–1858). Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1783–1866)
Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785–1846).
Married in 1804 Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia (1783–1851)
Landgrave Leopold of Hesse-Homburg (1787–1813).
Killed at the Battle of Großgörschen.
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