Editing Frederick I of Sweden (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Karl & Maria Amalia of Hesse-Cassel.jpg|thumb|left|Frederick's parents, Landgave Charles and Landgravine Maria Amalia of Hesse-Kassel]]
He was the son of [[Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel]], and Princess [[Maria Amalia of Courland]]. In 1692 the young prince made his [[Grand Tour]] to the [[Dutch Republic]], in 1695 to the [[Italian Peninsula]] and later he studied in [[Geneva]]. After this he had a military career, leading the Hessian troops as Lieutenant General in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] on the side of the Dutch. He was defeated in 1703 in the [[Battle of Speyerbach]], but participated the next year in the great victory in the [[Battle of Blenheim]]. In 1706 he was again defeated by the French in the [[Battle of Castiglione (1706)|Battle of Castiglione]]. At the [[Battle of Malplaquet]] in 1709 he commanded the Dutch cavalry. In 1712, in absence of [[Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly|Count Tilly]], he assumed the command of the Dutch army. Both in 1716 and 1718 he joined the campaign of [[Charles XII of Sweden]] against Norway, and was appointed Swedish [[Generalissimus]].