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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 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.
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:
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.
Landgrave Otto of Hessen-Kassel (24 December 1594 in Kassel - 7 August 1617 in Hersfeld), was hereditary prince of Hesse-Kassel and administrator of Hersfeld Abbey. Otto was the eldest son of Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572-1632) from his marriage to Agnes (1578-1602), the daughter of Count John George of Solms-Laubach.
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HESSE, LANDGRAVIATE OF. 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.
House of Lorraine-Brabant. The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel) was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.
