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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. With his wife Elisabeth of Thuringia, daughter of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen, he had five children: When Henry's son Otto died in 1366, his ...
Henry I of Hesse "the Child" (German: Heinrich das Kind) (24 June 1244 – 21 December 1308) was the first Landgrave of Hesse. He was the son of Henry II , Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia .
The remaining Thuringian landgraviate fell to the Wettin's Henry III, Margrave of Meissen. Henry I of Hesse was raised to the status of prince by King Adolf of Germany in 1292. From 1308 to 1311, and again from 1458, the landgraviate was divided into Upper Hesse and Lower Hesse. Hesse was re-unified under Landgrave William II in 1500.
June 11, 1568 (aged 78) Henry II (born Nov. 10, 1489—died June 11, 1568) was the duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, one of the leading Roman Catholic princes attempting to stem the Reformation in Germany. Always a loyal supporter of the Habsburg emperors, Henry tried to restore Roman Catholicism in his realm but was defeated by John Frederick I ...
Henry I of Hesse, (1244 – 1308) Henry I (1244–1308) Landgrave of Hesse from 1264. Son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia. Otto I (c. 1272 – 1328) Landgrave of Hesse; Henry II (1299 –1376) Landgrave of Hesse; Hermann II (1341 – 1413) Landgrave of Hesse; Louis I (1402 - 1458) Landgraves of Hesse 1450-1479
Hesse, 1264–1458. Henry I the Child 1264–1308; Otto the Elder son of Henry I, 1308–1328 until 1311in Upper Hesse (Marburg), reunited Hesse in 1311, by the dead of John; John, son of Henry I, 1308–1311 in Lower Hesse (Kassel) Henry II the Iron, son of Otto I, 1328–1376; Louis the Junker, son of Otto I, 1336–1345 residing in Grebenstein
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Louis I (X) (1753 –1830) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse until 1806, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1814. Founder and Grandmaster of the Ludwig Order in 1807. Knight of the House-order of the Golden Lion. Knight of the Order of St. Andrew. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
