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6 de abr. de 2024 · Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, musician (1572-1632) Moritz der Gelehrte, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel) (25 May 1572 - 15 Mar 1632)
Maurice was born in Kassel as the son of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and of his wife Sabine of Württemberg . Although Maurice had been raised in the Lutheran faith, he converted to Calvinism in 1605. On the principle Cuius regio eius religio, Maurice's subjects were also required to convert to Calvinism.
Alexis was a son of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1784-1854) from his second marriage to Sophie (1794-1873), the daughter of Louis William Geldricus Ernest, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt. He succeeded his father in 1854 as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. Alexis was a Prussian General of the Cavalry à la ...
landgrave, a title of nobility in Germany and Scandinavia, dating from the 12th century, when the kings of Germany attempted to strengthen their position in relation to that of the dukes (Herzoge). The kings set up “provincial counts” ( Landgrafen ) over whom the dukes would have no control and who would have rank and authority equivalent to those of dukes.
v. t. e. Landgrave ( German: Landgraf, Dutch: landgraaf, Swedish: lantgreve, French: landgrave; Latin: comes magnus, comes patriae, comes provinciae, comes terrae, comes principalis, lantgravius) was a rank of nobility used in the Holy Roman Empire, and its former territories. The German titles of Landgraf, Markgraf ("margrave"), and Pfalzgraf ...
Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse. 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. Following the death of his father in 1308, he inherited Upper ...
In 1818, he married Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte. He succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg in 1820 and Elizabeth’s dowry was used to service the considerable debts he inherited on his succession. Caspar Gerhard Klotz (1774-1847) was born in Mannheim.
