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The Landgraviate of Hesse ( German: Landgrafschaft Hessen) was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a single entity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided among the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse .
Donatus, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (legally Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen; born 17 October 1966) is a German businessman and the head of the House of Brabant and the House of Hesse.
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (legally Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen; 6 August 1926 – 23 May 2013) was the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, and the head of the House of Brabant and the German House of Hesse.
Louis VI (1630 – 1678) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Married firstly Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634 – 1665) daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and secondly Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709) daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
Philip (born November 13, 1504, Marburg, Hesse [Germany]—died March 31, 1567, Kassel) was the landgrave (Landgraf) of Hesse (1509–67), one of the great figures of German Protestantism, who championed the independence of German princes against the Holy Roman emperor Charles V.
Hesse-Kassel was the largest, most important, and most northerly of the four Hesse landgraviates. The landgrave William IV introduced sound financial management and a pacific foreign policy. Under his successors, Hesse-Kassel became Calvinist.
Maurice (1572 – 1632) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Married firstly Agnes of Solms-Laubach (1578 –1602) daughter of Count John George of Solms-Laubach and secondly Juliane of Nassau--Siegen (1587 – 1643) daughter of John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen.
