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Upon the death of his father Louis I in 1458, Henry received Upper Hesse and his brother Louis II received Lower Hesse. He succeeded to the title of Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg in 1458. [1] His nickname "the Rich" is indicative of his fortune in territory and tolls on the Rhine received by his marriage to Anna, daughter and heir of Philipp , the last Count of Katzenelnbogen and his wife Anne of ...
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 ...
At his death divided Hesse again. Louis II the Frank: 7 September 1438: 1458–1471: 8 November 1471: Lower Hesse: Matilda of Württemberg-Urach (1438–1495) 1454 four children 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 ...
The Hesse-Rheinfels line became extinct on Philip's death in 1583. When, in 1604, the childless Landgrave Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg died at Marburg Castle, a succession dispute to his lands, along with the sectarian differences between Calvinist Hesse-Kassel and Lutheran Hesse-Darmstadt, led to a bitter, decades-long rivalry.
September 7, 1438: Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse, was born to Landgrave Louis I and Anna of Saxony. The Landgraviate of Hesse having been divided by Louis I between Louis II and his brother Henry III into Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Marburg, the brothers fought about the exact demarcation of the realm until May 1470.
Frederick II also renounced his rights to Wanfried. Issue. From her marriage to Louis, Anna had the following children: Louis II (1438–1471), Landgrave of Hesse, married in 1454 Countess Mechthild of Württemberg (1438-1495) Henry III (1440–1483), Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg, married Countess Anna of Katzenelnbogen (1443-1494)
William II became Landgrave of Lower Hesse in 1493, after his brother William I resigned. On 9 November 1497 William II married Yolande, daughter of Frederick II of Vaudémont. She died on 21 May 1500 after the marriage produced one child, William (27 March 1500 – 8 April 1500). The same year on 20 October, his second marriage was to Anna of ...
