Elector FRIEDRICH WILHELM of Hesse, *Philippsruhe 20.8.1802, +Prague 6.6.1875; m.(morganatically) Rellingshausen 26.6.1831 Gertrud Falkenstein, cr Gfn von Schaumburg 1831 and Pss von Hanau und zu Horowitz (Serene Highness) 1862 (*Bonn 18.5.1803, +Prague 9.7.1882); their issue bore the titles Prince[ss] von Hanau u.zu Horowitz, Graf/Gräfin von Schaumburg; the head of this line was Fst von Hanau, but the eldest son, Friedrich Wilhelm, and his issue were bypassed until all other sons and their issue male had died; theirs being a morganatic marriage, their kids were Princes von Hanau only.
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