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Hereditary Prince Otto of Hesse-Kassel (24 December 1594 in Kassel – 7 August 1617 in Hersfeld), was hereditary prince of Hesse-Kassel and administrator of Hersfeld Abbey. He predeceased his father and never reigned.
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.
Hesse is sub-divided into its two main constituent parts, with Otto gaining the principle section around Marburg as Oberhessen (Upper Hesse) and John gaining the secondary seat around Kassel as Niederhessen (Lower Hesse).
Landgraviate of Hesse. In the early Middle Ages the Hessengau territory (named after the Germanic Chatti tribes) formed the northern parts of the German stem duchy of Franconia along with the adjacent Lahngau.
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. Otto was educated by his father, together with his siblings. When he was 10 years, he was enlisted in Hersfeld Abbey.
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- August 7, 1617
El landgraviato de Hesse fue un Estado dentro del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico. Existió como entidad única desde 1264 hasta 1567, cuando Felipe I dividió el territorio entre sus cuatro hijos. Ubicación. Su territorio histórico se ubicaba en el norte y centro del moderno Estado de Hesse, en lo que actualmente es Alemania.
Distinguished for its line of vigorous, highly competent Calvinist rulers, Hesse-Kassel reestablished its sixteenth-century reputation as a well-administered state. Its wartime experience led the seventeenth-century landgraves to enlarge their armies and to supplement their limited resources by leasing troops to other rulers, a common practice ...
