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Henry II of Hesse (German: Heinrich; c. 1299 – 3 June 1376), called "the Iron", was Landgrave of Hesse from 1328–1376. Henry was the son of Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse and Adelheid of Ravensburg.
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, [a] also known as the Hessian Palatinate (German: Hessische Pfalz), [2][3] was a state of the Holy Roman Empire.
1264 - 1265. The division of Thuringia is accepted by Duchess Sophia's cousin and main rival for the landgraviate, Henry 'the Illustrious', margrave of Meissen. The other main rival, the archbishop of Mainz, also accepts Henry 'the Child' as landgrave of Hesse in the Treaty of Langsdorf but maintains his own position of supremacy over Henry.
This is a list of monarchs of Hesse (German: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These monarchs belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, [1] originally the Reginar. Hesse was ruled as a landgraviate, electorate and later as a grand duchy until 1918.
Burg Rheinfels (Rheinfels Castle) was the seat of the landgraves of Hessen-Rheinfels, as shown in this painting of 1607 by Renier Roidkin, and was built in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen. 1583.
Hesse-Kassel, former landgraviate of Germany, formed in 1567 in the division of old Hesse. In 1567 Hesse was partitioned among four sons of Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous, Hesse-Kassel going to William IV the Wise. Hesse-Kassel was the largest, most important, and most northerly of the four Hesse landgraviates.
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The Illuminati. The House of Hesse-Kassel. Gartered coat of arms of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia—daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Elizabeth of Hungary, of the Miracle of the Roses—with Henry II, Duke of Brabant, from the House of Reginar.
