Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Frederick V
Frederick V, c. 1815
Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Reign	7 February 1751 – 20 January 1820
Predecessor	Frederick IV
Successor	Frederick VI
Born	(1748-01-30)30 January 1748 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Died	20 January 1820(1820-01-20) (aged 71) Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Spouse	Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt ​ ​ (m. 1768)​
Issue	Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Caroline, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louise, Princess Charles Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Amalie, Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau Auguste, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Maria Anna, Princess William of Prussia Prince Leopold
House	Hesse
Father	Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Mother	Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels

Frederick V Louis William Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (30 January 1748, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 20 January 1820, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was from 1751 to his death landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.

He was born under Europe's Ancien Regime but lived to see the Age of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, the rise and fall of Napoleon I, the Congress of Vienna and its establishment of a new geopolitical order in Europe and Germany. Unlike his predecessors and successors, he was not keen on war and instead became one of the patrons of German Geistesgeschichte, corresponding with Lavater and Klopstock and visiting Voltaire, D’Alembert and Albrecht von Haller. He was caustic, conservative but popular with his people.