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Frederick II () ( 14 August 1720 – 31 October 1785 ) was Landgrave Of Hesse-Kassel from 1760 to 1785 . He was born at Kassel in Hesse , the son of William VIII, Landgrave Of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Dorothea Wilhelmine Of Saxe-Zeitz . In 1760, he succeeded his father as Landgrave. Despite his Catholicism, Kassel remained Calvinist. ]] FAMILY AND CHILDREN On 8 May 1740 , by proxy at London , and on 28 June 1740 in person at Cassel, he married Princess Mary , daughter of King George II Of Great Britain . They had four sons: # William, died young in 1742 # William I, Elector Of Hesse ( 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821 ) # Charles ( 19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836 ) # Frederick ( 11 September 1747 – 20 May 1837 ). Father of Prince William Of Hesse-Kassel . In 1747, he left his family. In 1749, Frederick converted from Calvinism to Catholicism . The couple formally separated in 1755, and Friedrich entered service in the Prussia n military. After the Mary's died in 1772, he married on 10 January 1773 with Margravine Philippine Of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1745-1800) at Berlin . He died in 1785 at Castle Weißenstein , Kassel.
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