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Otto I ( c. 1272 – 17 January 1328) was Landgrave of Upper Hesse from 1308 and then Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1311 until his death. [1] Otto was born in Marburg, a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg.
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).
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The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel was founded by William IV the Wise, the eldest son of Philip I. On his father's death in 1567, the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided into four parts. William IV received about half of the territory, with Kassel as his capital. Hesse-Kassel expanded in 1604 when Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel inherited the Landgr...
The Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel were famous for renting out their army to European Great Powers during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a widespread practice at the time for small countries to rent out troops to larger countries in exchange for subsidies. International jurists drew a distinction between mercenaries and auxiliaries (Hilfstruppen)....
The village of Hessen Cassel, Indiana, near Fort Wayne, founded by German immigrants, is named for the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel.[citation needed]
26 de abr. de 2022 · Otto I. (genannt das Kind; * um 1272; † 17. Januar 1328 in Kassel) war der Sohn des Landgrafen Heinrichs I. von Hessen und dessen Gemahlin Adelheid von Braunschweig. Inhaltsverzeichnis. [Anzeigen] * 1 Regierung. * 2 Familie.
- Adelheid Von Ravensberg
William IV (1532 – 1592) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. William IV (1532 – 1592) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, eldest son of Philip “the Magnanimous” (1504-1567) Landgrave of Hesse. Married Sabine of Württemberg (1549 – 1581) daughter of Christopher, Duke of Württemberg.
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.
The Hessian landgraviate, a precarious political amalgam in the west central part of the Holy Roman Empire, exemplified the changing fortunes of German territorial organization over the early modern period. Source for information on Hesse, Landgraviate of: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World dictionary.
