Hermann II of Hesse (1341 – 24 May 1413) was

Landgrave Landgrave (german: Landgraf, nl, landgraaf, sv, lantgreve, french: landgrave; la, comes magnus, ', ', ', ', ') was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of ', ' ("margrave"), a ...

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

from 1376 to 1413. Hermann II, called "the Scholar", was born in 1345 in Burg Grebenstein (de) (

Grebenstein Grebenstein () is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 16 km northwest of Kassel on the German Timber-Frame Road. In 1762 it was the scene of a skirmish between British and French troops during the Seven Years' ...

castle), the son of Louis the Junker. Louis the Junker was a son of

Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse Otto I of Hesse (c. 1272 – 17 January 1328) was Landgrave of Hesse from 1308 until his death. Otto was born in Marburg, a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Following the death of his f ...

. Hermann studied in

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and in

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. After the death of

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, the son and heir apparent of Henry II, the latter appointed his nephew Hermann as co-ruler and heir in 1367. Hermann was married twice. The first marriage on 3 February 1377 was to Johanna, countess of

Nassau-Weilburg The House of Nassau-Weilburg, a branch of the House of Nassau, ruled a division of the County of Nassau, which was a state in what is now Germany, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1344 to 1806. On 17 July 1806, upon the dissolution of t ...

1383but produced no children. The second was on 15 October 1383 to

Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg (1367-1406) was a daughter of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and his wife, Elisabeth of Meissen. In 1383 in Kulmbach, she married Landgrave Herman II of Hesse, as his second wife. They had the following chi ...

1406 daughter of

Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333 – 21 January 1398) was a Burgrave (''Burggraf'') of Nuremberg, of the House of Hohenzollern. Life He was the elder son of John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Henneberg. From the de ...

. They had the following children: * Anna (1385–1386) * Henry (1387–1394) * Elisabeth (1388–1394). * Margarete (1389–1446), married to

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of Brunswick-Lüneburg * Agnes (1391–1471), married to

Otto II Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. ...

of Brunswick-Göttingen * Hermann (1396–1406) * Frederick (1398–1402) *

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(1402–1458), succeeded as Landgrave of Hesse

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Hermann II: Digital images from ''Allgemeine deutsche Biographie'', Bd.: 12, Hensel - Holste, Leipzig, 1880, p. 125Wikisource: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' "Hermann II (Landgraf von Hessen)" (in German)
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