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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).
- St. Mary's church in Marburg
- House of Hesse
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.
- Absolute monarchy
- Kassel
- Landgraviate
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:
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- Ernest Louis (as grand duke)
- Henry I (as landgrave)
- His Royal Highness
Frederick II (1720 – 1785) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Frederick II (1720 – 1785) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Founder and Grandmaster of the House-order of the Golden Lion in 1770. Founder and Grandmaster of the Pour la vertu militaire in 1769. Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
Electors of Hesse (-Kassel), 1803–1866. William I (Wilhelm I) 15 May 1803-28 August 1807; previously Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel as William IX; deposed ,to the Kingdom of Westphalia, 1807-1813. William I (Wilhelm I) 30 October 1813-27 February 1821 restored
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.
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.
