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Life. Born in Kassel, he was the seventh son of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Maria Amalia of Courland. After his elder brother Frederick became King of Sweden in 1720 and his father died in 1730, he became de facto ruler of Hesse-Kassel. He officially became landgrave after his brother's death on 25 March 1751.
Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (13 June 1614 – d. 16 February 1633) Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (12 September 1615 – 22 November 1670), married Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (9 May 1617 – 24 September 1655) inherited Eschwege. Christian of Hesse-Kassel (5 February 1622 – 14 November 1640) probably poisoned.
Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), succeeded as landgrave on William IV's death in 1592. In addition William had a few illegitimate children. Most significant and favored among these was Philipp von Cornberg (1553–1616), William's son by Elisabeth Wallenstein. Philipp was ennobled by his father and became the ...
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.
Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (German: Moritz; 25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), also called Maurice the Learned or Moritz, was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1592 to 1627.
He was the son of Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Anna of Prussia. From 1888 to 1925 he was Head of the electoral line of the House of Hesse, but abdicated his position to his brother Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, on 16 March 1925. He was born with a visual impairment, and this disability, in addition to his ...
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, was a state in the Holy Roman Empire that was directly subject to the Emperor. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half of the Landgraviate ...
