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William II (29 April 1469 – 11 July 1509) was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500. This immediately sparked the War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession , in which William sought to enforce his claim on the County of Katzenelnbogen with military might.
Also King of Sweden. Left no heirs. Hesse-Kassel under the regency of his brother, William, later Landgrave William VIII. Christian: 17 July 1689: 1731–1755: 21 October 1755: Hesse-Wanfried: Maria Franziska of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein c.1730 no children: Left no heirs. His lands reverted to Hesse-Rotenburg. Wanfried reannexed to Rotenburg: Louis ...
Biography. Born in Homburg, Hesse, on 30 July 1769, Friedrich Joseph Ludwig Carl August [2] was the eldest son of the incumbent Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick V, and his wife Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt, the eldest child of the then Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis IX . Frederick was appointed a captain of the Russian cavalry in 1783 ...
Children of Louis I, divided Hesse between them. Henry III associated his son Louis III in a co-rulership. Henry III the Rich: 15 October 1440: 1458–1483: 13 January 1483: Upper Hesse: Anna of Katzenelnbogen 1458 six children Louis III the Younger: November 1461: 1474–1478: 2 July 1478: Upper Hesse: Unmarried: William I the Elder: 4 July ...
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel was founded by William IV the Wise, the eldest son of Philip I. On his father's death in 1567, the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided into four parts. William IV received about half of the territory, with Kassel as his capital. Hesse-Kassel expanded in 1604 when Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel inherited the ...
