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George I of Hesse-Darmstadt (10 September 1547 – 7 February 1596) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567 to 1596. Early life [ edit ] Born on 10 September 1547 in Kassel , he was the fourth son of Philip I the Magnanimous of Hesse and his wife, Christine of Saxony .
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The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt ( German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse among the four sons of Landgrave Philip I . The residence of the landgraves was in Darmstadt, hence the name.
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George I of Hesse-Darmstadt (10 September 1547 – 7 February 1596) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567 to 1596. George I. Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Born. 10 September 1547.
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the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (known as the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1806 and the People's State of Hesse from 1918) to George I. The Hessian territories were not re-united until the formation of Greater Hesse (though without Rhenish Hesse) as part of Allied-occupied Germany in 1945.
George I (1547-1596), the first Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, initiated the construction of the princely crypt under the choir of the city church. This probably was as early as around 1576, after his first-born son, Philip William, had died when he was barely five months old.
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