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Princess Hedvig Sophia Augusta of Sweden was born on 26 June 1681 at the Three Crowns Castle in Stockholm as the eldest child of King Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrike Eleonora of Denmark. Princess Hedvig Sophia of Sweden - Source picture: Wikipedia However she was born at the Three Crowns Castle in Stockholm, Princess Hedvig spent a lot of her childhood at Karlberg Palace. After the death of her mother in 1693 she was placed under the custody of her grandmother Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. Princess Hedvig Sophia also was taken care by Juliana Schierberg, who became her confidante. Princess Hedvig Sophia was described in the history books as beautiful and she studied very well. She also liked painting and singing. People called her the "Happy Princess". On 12 May 1698 Princess Hedwig Sophia married her cousin, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. This marriage took place against her will and it became not happy at all. She even didn't like th

June 24th. 1532 marks the birth of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. He also was called 'the wise'. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel - picture: Wikipedia His parents were Philippe I, Landgrave of Hesse and Christine of Saxony. In 1567 Williams father died and his land was divided between the four sons of his father's first marriage. William only receive the portion around the capital: Kassel. William strongly was involved with Religion. He took a leading part in the Lutheran Reformation, so he chose Protestantism above Catholicism. However he never used military power in this conflict. William married Sabine of Württemberg, daughter of Duke Christoph of Württemberg. They had 11 children. He was a great admirer of the natural sciences and a good astronomer himself. William even had a catalogue about a thousand stars. The Hessian Star Catalogue was published in the Historia Coelestis made by Lucius Barettus. William IV, Ladgrave of Hesse