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The barred lion adopted from his maternal ancestors from House of Thuringia. Heinrich I of Hesse. Landgrave of Hesse. 1264-1308. Arms variant in Tournoi de Compiègne. Hermann II of Hesse. Landgrave of Hesse. 1376-1413. Arms variant in Gelre Armorial.
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 ...
In 1567 Hesse was divided between his four sons: William IV (1532 – 1592) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, see Hesse-Kassel. Louis IV (1537 – 1604) Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg, see below. Philip II (1541 – 1583) Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, see below. George I (1547 –1596) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, see Hesse-Darmstadt.
Anna of Saxony. Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, called "the Rich" (15 October 1440 [1] – 13 January 1483) was the second son of Louis I of Hesse and his wife Anna of Saxony . 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-Rotenburg is a former German landgraviate created from the landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel in 1627. Its independence ended in 1834 when the estates not bequeathed to princes Victor and Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst were reunited with Hesse-Kassel. Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg.
Philip 1663–1721 son of William VI. Charles (Karl) I 1721–1770. William (Wilhelm) 1770–1806 (died 1810) 1806 annexed by the Kingdom of Westphalia. 1813 restored under the supremacy of the Elector of Hesse. Louis (Ludwig) 1813–1816. Ernst Constantine 1816–1849. Charles II (Karl, 1849–1866 1866 annexed by Prussia.
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.
