Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

Louis I
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 (Template:Lang-de) (6 February 1402 - 17 January 1458), called "the Peaceful", was Landgrave of Lower Hesse (Hesse) from 1413 to 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 (14 December 1453 - 22 April 1489), married John III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
• Friedrich (1458- 1 June 1463)
• Berthold Reinemann (1438) - Illegitimate son of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse (https://gedbas.genealogy.net/person/show/1282276047)

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.