Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, called "the Rich" (15 October 1440 – 13 January 1483) was the second son of Louis I of Hesse and his wife Anna of...

Henry I of Hesse "the Child" (German: Heinrich das Kind) (24 June 1244 – 21 December 1308) was the first Landgrave of Hesse. He was the son of Henry II...

Henry III the White (1227–1266), Duke of Wrocław Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse (1440–1483) Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1215–1288) Henry III...

Friedsame), was Landgrave of Hesse from 1413 to 1458. Following Louis' death, his sons, Henry III and Louis II, divided Hesse into Upper and Lower sections...

Louis II of Hesse (German: Ludwig) (7 September 1438 – 8 November 1471), called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1458 - 1471. He...

Countess of La Marck through her marriage to John II, Duke of Cleves in 1489 until her death. She was the daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse (1441-1483)...

William III "the Younger", Landgrave of Hesse (8 September 1471 – 17 February 1500) ruled on the part of the county known as Upper Hesse, with residence...

Sophia of Brabant secured the Hessian possessions for her minor son Henry the Child. In 1264 he became the first Landgrave of Hesse and the founder of the...

Landgrave of Upper Hesse from 1308 and then Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1311 until his death. Otto was born in Marburg, a son of Henry I, Landgrave...

II, Duke of Cleves, and Mathilde of Hesse. In 1510, at the age of 19, John married Duchess Maria of Jülich-Berg, daughter of Duke William IV of Jülich-Berg...

Sophia of Brabant secured the Hessian possessions for her minor son Henry the Child, who would become the first landgrave of Hesse and founder of the House...

George I of Hesse-Darmstadt (10 September 1547 – 7 February 1596) was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567 to 1596. Born on 10 September 1547 in...

greater Hesse. This was again the case in 1567, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse or Philip the Magnanimous split his large landgraviate into four parts, Hesse-Marburg...

Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg (1466–1523), eldest daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse Elisabeth of Hesse, Hereditary Princess of Saxony (1502–1557)...

he supported Landgrave Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse against his brother Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse. On the other hand, in 1464, he supported...

Cologne, was stabbed in Bruges (Flanders). Anna married Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse on 1458. Henry would earn the nickname "the Rich" due to the territorial...

suggest settlement in southern Hesse 4,500 years ago. In 1568 with the death of Landgrave Philip I, the Landgraviate of Hesse (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen)...

recorded in Lower Lotharingia from 1086: Henry III, Count of Louvain, as landgrave of Brabant). By definition, a landgrave exercised sovereign rights. His decision-making...

Katzenelnbogen would fall to the House of Nassau if the branch of Elisabeth's father Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse would go extinct. At the eventual...

was passed to the Landgraves of Hesse by virtue of the 1458 marriage of Henry III of Upper Hesse to Count Philipp's daughter Anna of Katzenelnbogen. Thereafter...

I, Landgrave of Hesse (13 November 1504 – 31 March 1567), nicknamed der Großmütige (lit. 'the Magnanimous'), was a German nobleman and champion of the...

(1244–1308), created Landgrave of Hesse in 1264. Elizabeth (1243 – October 9, 1261), married Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Henry died in Leuven, aged...

son of Count Henry III of Nassau-Breda and Claudia of Chalon. Claudia's brother, Philibert of Chalon, was the last Prince of Orange from the House of Chalon...

daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse and Anna of Katzenelnbogen, on 3 November 1489 in Soest. They had: John (1490–1539), succeeded as Duke of Cleves...

Dukes of Hesse. The only Landgravine of Upper Hesse was Anna of Katzenelnbogen (1443–1494) who married Henry III in 1458. One could say that Anna of Brunswick...

sole ruler of the whole duchy of Saxony. In Weimar on 26 May 1555 John Frederick II married his first wife, Agnes of Hesse, Dowager Electress of Saxony....

Johann of the Abbey at Prüm. In 1470 he handed Upper Katzenelnbogen and its seat Darmstadt to his son-in-law Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse. Philipp's...

lands of Upper and Lower Hesse were partitioned into separate states several times. All of the rulers of the partitions were considered to be Landgraves. The...

died in 1479, began a dispute with her aunt's husband, Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse for her share in the Katzenelnbogen possessions, which were previously...

member of the Ludovingian dynasty, was Landgrave of Thuringia and Saxon Count palatine from 1217 until his death. He was the husband of Elizabeth of Hungary...