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  2. Philipp, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (6 November 1896 – 25 October 1980) was head of the Electoral House of Hesse from 1940 to 1980. Philipp joined the Nazi Party in 1930, and, when they gained power with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, he became Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau.

  3. Apr 2, 2024 · Philip, landgrave of Hesse (1509–67), one of the great figures of German Protestantism. His agile mind, infectious energy, and fearlessness made him the leader of the Protestant estates in the power struggle with Roman Catholic Emperor Charles V.

  4. Sep 15, 2021 · by Scott Mehl. © Unofficial Royalty 2021. Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse; Credit – Wikipedia. Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse became head of the Electoral House of Hesse (also known as Hesse-Kassel) in 1940. In 1968, upon the death of his childless distant cousin, Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine, Philipp inherited the headship of the former ...

  5. Known most prominently as the Landgrave of Hesse, or as Philipp the Magnanimous, he was a leading political advocate for the right of Lutheran princes to reform their churches against the objections of Rome or the Holy Roman Empire.

  6. Apr 18, 2021 · His grandfather, Philipp, landgrave of Hesse, joined the Nazi party in 1930 and was close to Hitler, but later ran afoul of the Fuhrer, who had him imprisoned in the Flossenburg concentration camp.

  7. May 21, 2018 · People. History. German History: Biographies. Philip of Hesse. views 3,015,511 updated May 21 2018. PHILIP OF HESSE. Landgrave, confidant of Martin luther, Philipp melanchthon, and Ulrich zwingli; b. Marburg, Hesse, Nov. 13, 1504; d. Kassel, Hesse, March 31, 1567.

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