Mary of Great Britain and Ireland

Princess Mary of Great Britain and Ireland

Daughter of George II. King of Great Britain and Ireland (1683-1760) and his wife Caroline Markgravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683-1737).

Born: Leicester House, London 5. Mar 1723

Married: Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace, London 8. May 1740 (by proxy) and Kassel 28. May 1740 Friedrich II. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1785), son of Wilhelm VIII. Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682-1760) and Dorothea Wilhelmine, Princess of Saxe-Zeitz (1691-1743).

Issue:

• Wilhelm, Prince of Hesse-Kassel (1741-1742)

• Wilhelm I. Elector of Hesse (1743-1821) m. 1763 Vilhelmine Caroline, Princess of Denmark and Norway (1747-1820), his first cousin

• Karl, Prince of Hesse-Kassel (1744-1836) m. 1766 Louise, Princess of Denmark and Norway (1750-1831), his first cousin

• Friedrich, Prince of Hesse-Kassel (1747-1837) m. 1786 Caroline, PRincess of Nassau-Usingen (1762-1823)

Died: Hanau, Hesse 14. Jan 1772

Buried: Hanau

Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008;