Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

Louis I
Louis I
	Landgrave of Hesse
	Titles and styles The Landgrave of Hesse
Born	6 February 1402; Spangenberg
Died	17 January 1458 (aged 55)
Noble family	House of Hesse
Spouse(s)	Anna of Saxony
	Issue Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse; Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse; Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne; Elisabeth; Friedrich
Father	Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

Louis I of Hesse (German: Ludwig) (6 February 1402 - 17 January 1458), called "the Peaceful", was Landgrave of Lower Hesse (Hesse) from 1413-1458.

He 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 (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

Ancestors of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

16. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse

8. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse

17. Adelheid, daughter of Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg

4. Louis the Junker of Hesse

18. Otto III of Ravensberg

9. Adelheid, daughter of Otto III of Ravensberg

19. Hedwig, daughter of Bernard III of Lippe

2. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse

20. John I of Sponheim-Kreuznach

10. Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach

21. Adelaide of Leiningen-Landeck

5. Elisabeth of Sponheim

22. Walram of Heinsberg and Valkenburg

11. Elisabeth of Heinsberg and Valkenburg

23. Philippa, daughter of Otto II, Count of Guelders

1. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

24. Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg

12. John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg

25. Margarete of Görz

6. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg

26. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen

13. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen

27. Adelheid, daughter of Henry I of Hesse

3. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

28. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen

14. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen

29. Elizabeth of Lobdaburg-Arnshaugk

7. Elisabeth of Meissen

30. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

15. Matilda of Bavaria

31. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau

External links

Ludwig I. v. Hessen Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 115.

Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse House of Hesse Born: 6 February 1402 Died: 17 January 1458
Preceded by Hermann II the Learned	Landgrave of Hesse 1413–1458	Succeeded by Louis II the Frank (Lower Hesse) Henry III the Rich (Upper Hesse)

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