Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
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Louis I (Template:Langx; 6 February 1402Template:Snd17 January 1458), nicknamed the Peaceful (Template:Langx), was Landgrave of Hesse from 1413 to 1458.[1][2] Following Louis' death, his sons, Henry III and Louis II, divided Hesse into Upper and Lower sections.[3][4]
Life
Louis was born at Spangenberg, the son of Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, and Margaret, the daughter of Frederick V of Nuremberg. He married Anna (5 June 1420 - 17 September 1462) daughter of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony on 13 September 1436. Their children were:
- Louis II (7 September 1438 - 8 November 1471)
- Henry III (15 October 1440 - 13 January 1483)
- Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne (1450 - 19 October 1508)
- Elisabeth (14 December 1453 - 22 April 1489), married John III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- Friedrich (1458- 1 June 1463)
After 1425 a conflict with the Electorate of Mainz over claims to power in Hesse broke out into open conflict and Archbishop Conrad III of Mainz suffered a decisive defeat at Fulda in 1427.
Ancestry
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- Ludwig I. v. Hessen Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 115.