Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
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Louis I | |
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Landgrave of Hesse | |
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Born | 6 February 1402 Spangenberg |
Died | 17 January 1458 (aged 55) |
Noble family | House of Hesse |
Spouse(s) | Anna of Saxony |
Issue
Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne Elisabeth Friedrich | |
Father | Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse |
Mother | Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg |
Louis I of Hesse (German: Ludwig) (6 February 1402 - 17 January 1458), called "the Peaceful", was Landgrave of Lower Hesse (Hesse) from 1413-1458.
He was born at Spangenberg, the son of Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse and Margaret, the daughter of Frederick V of Nuremberg. He married Anna (5 June 1420 - 17 September 1462) daughter of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony on 13 September 1436. Their children were:
- Louis II (7 September 1438 - 8 November 1471)
- Henry III (15 October 1440 - 13 January 1483)
- Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne (1450 - 19 October 1508)
- Elisabeth (14 December 1453 - 22 April 1489), married John III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- Friedrich (1458- 1 June 1463)
After 1425 a conflict with the Electorate of Mainz over claims to power in Hesse broke out into open conflict and Archbishop suffered a decisive defeat at Fulda in 1427.
Ancestry[]
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External links[]
- Ludwig I. v. Hessen Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 115.
Categories:
- 1402 births
- 1458 deaths
- People from Spangenberg
- House of Hesse
- Landgraves of Hesse
- Medieval child rulers
- Burials at St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg
- German nobility stubs