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Otto was the eldest son of Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572-1632) [1] from his marriage to Agnes (1578-1602), the daughter of Count John George of Solms-Laubach (1546–1600) and his wife, Margaret of Schönburg-Glauchau (1554–1606).
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, also known as the Hessian Palatinate (German: Hessische Pfalz), was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.
John dies of plague, allowing Otto to reunite the two halves of Hesse. He now rules over Alsfeld, Giessen, Grünberg, Marburg (all within Oberhassen), Eder, the region south of Fulda, Homberg (Efze), Kassel, Melsungen, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Schwalm, Werra, and the upper Weser (all parts of Niederhessen).
Landgraves of Hesse. House of Hesse. Partitions of Hesse under Hesse family. Table of monarchs. Heads of the non-reigning House of Hesse. Hesse-Kassel since 1866. Friedrich Wilhelm I, the former Elector, titular Landgrave 1866–75 (1802–1875) succeeded by his second cousin Friedrich Wilhelm II as below:
La primera división tuvo lugar a la muerte del primer landgrave en 1308, cuando sus dos hijos heredaron el Bajo Hesse (bajo el gobierno de Otón, con capital en Kassel) y el Alto Hesse (gobernado por Juan, con capital en Marburgo). Cuando Juan murió en 1311, el landgraviato se reunificó bajo su hermano Otón.
Engraving of Otto, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and his consorts Catharina Ursula of Baden-Durlach, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel and Agnes Magdalena of Anhalt-Dessau, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel. Whole length figures, with Otto depicted standing at the centre between the figures of his two consorts.
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.
