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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
La primera división tuvo lugar a la muerte del primer landgrave en 1308, cuando sus dos hijos heredaron el Bajo Hesse (bajo el gobierno de Otón, con capital en Kassel) y el Alto Hesse (gobernado por Juan, con capital en Marburgo). Cuando Juan murió en 1311, el landgraviato se reunificó bajo su hermano Otón.
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.
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.
Hesse-Kassel, former landgraviate of Germany, formed in 1567 in the division of old Hesse. In 1567 Hesse was partitioned among four sons of Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous, Hesse-Kassel going to William IV the Wise. Hesse-Kassel was the largest, most important, and most northerly of the four Hesse landgraviates.
