Background
He was the third (second surviving) of five sons of Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and succeeded his brother Ludwig I as Landgrave in 1643, but his mother was regent until 1648.
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Willem Christoph of Hesse-Homburg
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In Darmstadt on 21 April 1650 William Christoph married firstly Sophia Eleonore, daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. They had 12 children, but only three survived infancy:
Frederick, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (Darmstadt, 12 March 1651 - Homburg vdHöhe, 27 July 1651). Christine Wilhelmine (Bingenheim, 30 June 1653 – Grabow, 16 May 1722), married Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow.
Leopold George, Hereditary Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (Bingenheim, 25 October 1654 – Schloss Gravenstein, Schleswig-Holstein, 26 February 1675), died unmarried.
Frederick (Bingenheim, 5 September 1655 - Bingenheim, 6 September 1655). William (Bingenheim, 13 August 1656 - Bingenheim, 4 September 1656).
Stillborn son (23 June 1657). Charles William (Bingenheim, 6 May 1658 - Bingenheim, 13 December 1658).
Philipp (Bingenheim, 20 June 1659 - Bingenheim, 6 October 1659).
Magdalene Sophie (Bingenheim, 24 April 1660 – Braunfels, 22 March 1720), married William Maurice, Count of Solms-Braunfels. Stillborn son (7 June 1661). Frederick William (Bingenheim, 29 November 1662 - Homburg, 5 March 1663).
Stillborn son (7 October 1663).
In Lübeck on 2 April 1665 William Christoph married secondly Anna Elisabeth, a daughter of Duke Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg.
Membership
Fruitbearing Society.
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August 27, 1681 (aged 55) -
Nationality
Germany