Princes and Regents of Hesse

Updated 2019-07-08.

Hessen numbered 001 -
Hessen-Darmstadt numbered D01 -
Hessen-Kassel numbered K01 -

Abbreviations used:
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of,
gs = grandson of, ggs = great grandson; † = died; ‡ = buried.

No. Born Ruled Ruler's name and relations
Spouse's name and relations
Regenter for Hessen
001 - 1263-1308 Heinrich I;
s Duke Henry II of Brabant and Duchess Sophie of Thüringia; * 24/06 1244; † 21/12 1308;
First Landgrave of Hesse 1263 or 1264 to 1308;

Adelheid of Braunschweig; * ?; m(1) 1263; † 12/06 1274; d Otto das Kind of Braunschweig;
children :
  1.   Sophia; * 1264; † after 12/08 1331;
     m 1276 Count Otto I of Waldeck;
  2.   Henry the younger = Heinrich ; * 1265; † 23/08 1298;
     m 1290 Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal;
  3.   Matilda = Mechthild; * 1267; † after 1332;
     m(1) 1283 Count Gottfried of Ziegenhain;
     m(2) after 11/10 1309 Prince Philipp III of Falkenstein-Münzenberg;
     His m(3); no children;
  4.   Adelheid; * 1268; † 07/12 1315;
     m 1284 Count Bertold VII of Henneberg-Schleusingen;
  5.   Elisabeth; * 1269 or 1270; † 19/02 1293;
     m c. 1287 Count Johann of Sayn;
  6.   A son; * 1270; † 1274;
  7.   Otto (002); * c. 1272; † 17/01 1328;

Mechthild of Cleves; * ?; m(2) 1276; † ;
children :
  8.   Johan = John; * ?; † 1311;
  9.   Elisabeth; * c. 1276; † after 06/07 1306;
     m(1) 1290 Duke Wilhelm = William of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel;
     m(2) 1294 Gerhard of Eppstein;
10.   Agnes; * c. 1277; † 1335;
     m Burgrave John I of Nürnberg;
11.   Louis; * c. 1277; † 18/08 1357; Bishop 1310-1357 in Münster;
12.   Elisabeth; * ?; † after 30/10 1308;
     m 1299 Count Albert II of Gorizia;
13.   Katharina; * ?; † 1322;
     m Otto IV of Orlamünde;
14.   Jutta; * ?; † 13/10 1317;
     m 1311 Duke Otto of Braunschweig-Göttingen;
002 1272 1308-1328 Otto II;
s(001); * 1272; † 17/01 1328;
Landgrave of Hesse from 1308-1328;

;
children:
   ; † ;
Regenter for Hessen-Darmstadt
D-01 - 1567-1596 George I;
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt;
D-12 - 1877-1892 Ludwig IV = Louis IV of Hesse;
s(D-011);
Grand Duke of Hessen;

Alice; † 1878; d Alexandrina Victoria of England;
Regenter for Hessen-Kassel
K-01 - 1567-1592 Wilhelm IV;
Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel;
K-06 - 1670-1730 Karl von Hessen-Kassel = Charles of Hesse-Cassel;
s(K-04); † 1730;

child:
1.   Frederick King of Sweden; * 1676; † 1751;
K-07 - 1730-1751 Frederick I von Hessen-Kassel;
s(K-06); † 1751;
Margrave of Hesse-Cassel from 1730;
King of Sweden from 1720;

Ulrikka Eleonora; d Karl XI of Sweden;
children:
1.   Frederik Vilhelm of Hessenstein; † after 1785;
2.   Carl Eduard of Hessenstein; † 1769;
K-10 1743 1785-1821 William IX = Wilhelm IX = Wilhelm I Elector;
s(K-009); * 1743; † 1821;

Vilhelmine Caroline; * 10/7 1747; † 14/1 1820; m 1/9 1766; d Frederik V of Denmark;


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